I am on a mission to ensure the UK is an environment that fosters innovation, especially in AI.
@wayve_ai
are an incredible success story, announcing this week that they have secured over $1bn of investment - further cementing the UK as a global destination for tech & growth.
The UK is leading the world when it comes to creating a safer online environment through our landmark Online Safety Act.
I spoke to
@ITVNews
about the difference our laws will make and why social media companies need to do more to keep children safe on their platforms.
'Social media companies can't litigate, they can't get round this, there's no loopholes'
UK Technology Secretary MIchelle Donelan is asked by
@lewisUTBdenison
what would happen in the UK if
@elonmusk
's X platform refused to remove content, as it has after requests from Australia
Today’s
@ONS
figures show Britain’s labour market is resilient as we continue to drive down inflation
🆙Real wages up for 10 consecutive months
💼Almost 4m more people in work than in 2010
⬇️Unemployment down 40% since 2010
🇬🇧Employment stronger than the US & France
Last year
@RishiSunak
and I kick-started the global conversation on AI at the first AI Safety Summit.
Next week I'll be at the
#AISeoulSummit
to continue these crucial discussions and steer us towards a world where we can safely enjoy the benefits of AI.
There is just one week to go until the
#AISeoulSummit
!
The Summit will be a key moment for countries and companies to discuss:
🛡️ strengthening AI safety
💡 fostering innovation
🌍 sharing the benefits of AI equally
Launching Inspect is a great achievement, and testament to the work of our
@AISafetyInst
.
Through this platform we will see greater global collaboration on AI safety, with organisations able to work closely together to drive forward safe, responsible AI.
We open-sourced Inspect, our framework for large language model evaluations. We're excited to see the research community use and build upon this work!
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My plan to make the UK a Sci-Tech Superpower keeps on delivering. The incredible
@CoreWeave
have chosen to base their European HQ right here in the UK.
This brings a £1bn investment, with 2 new data centres that will power the UK's technology-driven future and create new jobs.
Once again, UK AI companies are improving and saving lives because of our world-leading approach to making AI safe and beneficial to humanity.
@GoogleDeepMind
have made another breakthrough with AlphaFold3 - creating new treatments for previously untreatable illnesses.
Announcing AlphaFold 3: our state-of-the-art AI model for predicting the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules. 🧬
Here’s how we built it with
@IsomorphicLabs
and what it means for biology. 🧵
The next round of discussions of the AI Opportunity Forum have taken place to explore how we can boost the adoption of the technology in the private sector.
We are supporting businesses to tap into the potential of AI to drive growth & productivity📈👩💼👨💼