Sir Keir Starmer has praised the advances of AI saying it can be "hugely transformative" for the UK. In a speech delivered at London Tech Week on Monday morning, the prime minister said his government is launching a new skills programme which will allow pupils to get the skills and tools needed to get the AI-powered jobs. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00Whether it's health or other sectors, it's hugely transformative what can be done here.
00:05Last week, last Monday in fact, I was standing in Scotland launching the strategic defence review of the government.
00:13This was a review that I commissioned soon after we came into power to tell me what are the risks that we face as a country in this new era?
00:24What are the challenges? What are our capabilities? And how do we make sure that as we go forward, our capabilities match the risks and the challenges that we face as a country?
00:37And in that, tech and AI were absolutely central.
