The UK wants ‘AI sovereignty’ to cut its reliance on foreign tech – here’s how that can be achieved

By Vincent Charles, Professor of AI for Business and Management Science, Queen's University Belfast
Tatiana Gherman, Associate Professor of AI for Business and Strategy, University of Northampton

The UK government wants to grow the country’s native AI industry to reduce its dependence on systems made by foreign companies.

In the Budget on October 28, Chancellor John Healey announced more money – £60 million – for the national Sovereign AI Fund to support promising UK AI companies.

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