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August 23, 2024|Blogs
Labour Should Prioritize Spreading Innovation To Succeed Where the Conservatives Fell Short
Labour aims to revive the UK’s economy by focusing on spreading innovation across all sectors, addressing the nation's productivity challenges through practical measures. By building on existing projects and ensuring the adoption of new technologies, particularly in both high-tech and low-tech sectors, Labour can deliver visible results and drive meaningful growth across the country.
August 8, 2024|Blogs
Blaming Social Media for Political Violence in the UK Won’t Stop Future Riots
In response to the Southport stabbing and ensuing UK riots, many have blamed social media for spreading misinformation that incited violence. However, this focus on social media ignores deeper societal issues and deflects from the government's own shortcomings.
August 5, 2024|Blogs
Growing Advanced Industries in the United Kingdom Will Be a Heavy Lift for Starmer’s Labour Government
The United Kingdom would have a lot of ground to make up in advanced industries just to get back to where it stood in the 1980s. But with the right policies, it can at least aspire to move up the standings and surpass the United States on a pound-for-pound basis.
July 31, 2024|Blogs
What To Expect for AI From the UK’s New Labour Government
Following the King’s Speech two weeks ago, which outlined the new government’s legislative agenda, three key issues are likely to dominate UK AI policy discussions: AI legislation, boosting the UK’s AI ecosystem, and unlocking AI-driven productivity in the public sector. Crucially, the thread tying these three issues together is Labour’s desire for economic growth, which the UK technology sector should take as a positive step in the long road to homegrown AI innovation.
July 15, 2024|Reports & Briefings
What Does the UK Public Think About AI?
A nationally representative survey of more than 2,000 adults in the UK, conducted by Public First in partnership with the Center for Data Innovation to track how public attitudes and perceptions of artificial intelligence.
July 12, 2024|Testimonies & Filings
Comments Before the UK CMA Regarding Draft Guidance for the Digital Markets Competition Regime
In this challenging world, strong techno-economic cooperation between the United States and its closest allies is all the more critical, but can be undermined by the abuse of digital regulation that ultimately ends up placing undue burdens on American firms.
May 9, 2024|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the UK Competition and Markets Authority Regarding the Microsoft-Mistral AI Partnership
Given that the Microsoft-Mistral AI partnership does not create a relevant merger situation, does not harm competition, and has a pro-competitive impact on the market, the CMA should not intervene.
May 9, 2024|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the UK Competition and Markets Authority Regarding the Amazon-Anthropic Partnership
Given that the Amazon-Anthropic partnership does not create a relevant merger situation, does not harm competition, and has a pro-competitive impact on the market, the CMA should not intervene.
May 9, 2024|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the UK Competition and Markets Authority Regarding Microsoft and Inflection AI
Given that Microsoft’s non-exclusive licensing of Inflection AI’s model and its hiring of former Inflection AI employees does not create a relevant merger situation, does not harm competition, and has a pro-competitive impact on the market, the CMA should not intervene.
April 16, 2024|Events
How Can the UK Encourage the Uptake of AI in the Public Sector?
Watch now for a panel discussion exploring the hurdles impeding the widespread adoption of AI in the public sector and examining actionable steps to empower and facilitate the sector in harnessing the benefits of this cutting-edge technology.