AI Opportunities Action Plan

This morning the UK government issued a press release setting out a blueprint to turbocharge AI. This appears to herald a dramatic change to the approach adopted by the previous administration. The earlier approach was measured and gave equal emphasis to dangers and safeguarding concerns while accepting the advantages. The government now declares the intention to ensure the UK takes a leading role in advancing the development and adoption of artificial intelligence globally.

“Artificial intelligence will be unleashed across the UK to deliver a decade of national renewal, under a new plan announced today (13 January 2025).
In a marked move from the previous government’s approach, the Prime Minister is throwing the full weight of Whitehall behind this industry by agreeing to take forward all 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his game-changing AI Opportunities Action Plan.”

AI Opportunities Action Plan
January 2025

This will take some time to achieve because it depends on structural as well as intellectual and attitudinal change. However, this represents a sea change in the approach to AI and will affect and embrace education. It is too soon to see how this will affect the AI sections of this site – but it will.

Click here to see the 50 recommendations that have been accepted by the government.