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Government’ s own analysis indicates that over £ 45 billion per year in unrealised savings and productivity benefits could be achieved through full potential digitisation of public sector services. By embedding AI across public services, the UK Government can lead by example and set a powerful precedent for innovation across the economy.
3. Ensure startups have the necessary funding to increase AI adoption: Access to funding is a key enabler for startups in their adoption of AI and their business growth. The UK must continue to foster its already vibrant funding ecosystem for startups, and build on its current position as a leader in European venture capital funding.
The UK is experiencing an AI revolution that is outpacing historical technology trends.
“ The UK is experiencing an AI revolution that is outpacing historical technology trends,” said Phil Le-Brun, Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS.“ The report reveals that at least one business is adopting AI every minute. While this is encouraging to see, it masks a deeper challenge. If we don’ t address the key barriers to adoption in the UK – most notably digital skills – we risk the emergence of a two-tier AI economy. This could result in a longtail of businesses missing out on the transformative benefits of AI, which could, in turn, prevent the UK from fully realising the economic, productivity and competitive edge that AI can unlock.”
AWS’ s continued commitment to UK they are struggling to hire people equipped with the necessary digital skills.
AWS therefore encourages UK policymakers and industry leaders to take steps to help UK organisations unlock AI’ s transformative potential and maintain momentum in implementing the recommendations in the UK AI Opportunities Action Plan, which is as follows:
1. Empower businesses with resources and talent to accelerate AI adoption: To fully unlock AI’ s potential, the UK must establish a self-sustaining cycle of investment, innovation and workforce development, and ensure that businesses have both the resources and digitally skilled talent needed for AI adoption. By taking steps to close the digital skills gap and enable stronger collaboration with external experts, the UK can equip its businesses with the capabilities they need to innovate, scale and stay competitive in an AI-driven economy.
2. Scale AI across public services: The UK Government has the opportunity to position itself as a digital leader through the adoption of AI. The
AWS first launched an AWS Region in the UK in December 2016 and over the last few years, the company has continued to expand the Region to include three Availability Zones( AZ), two WaveLength Zones, two Edge Location and a Regional Edge Cache.
Last September, Amazon announced plans to invest £ 8 billion over the next five years( 2024 – 2028) building, operating and maintaining data centres in the UK. This investment is part of the company’ s long-term commitment to supporting growth and productivity across the country and is estimated to contribute £ 14 billion to the UK’ s total Gross Domestic Product( GDP) through to 2028 and support an average of more than 14,000 full-time equivalent( FTE) jobs on an annual basis at local UK businesses.
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