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Labour’s shadow technology secretary is planning a flurry of meetings with tech giants to discuss developments in artificial intelligence during a visit to the US.
Peter Kyle arrived in Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of a week of talks with the U.S. government and tech companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google and Apple.
We’ll also meet people involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), including Oracle, Open AI, and Anthropic.
The leading opposition candidate plans to use the meeting with a major AI institute to discuss the potential of emerging technologies to improve public services, including faster cancer tests and child-friendly technology, party officials said. There are also plans to use the information to create individualized instruction plans.
UK businesses stand to benefit hugely from the innovation this latest wave of technology brings.
Shadow Technology Secretary Peter Kyle
The brief also includes science: Kyle believes AI tool could have detected his mother’s lung cancer ‘earlier’, making potential advances in medicine ‘personal’ He said he has already seen it.
Hove said in an article in the Daily Telegraph in November that his mother died 12 years ago and that her illness went undiagnosed for 18 months despite “numerous” visits to doctors complaining of pain. said.
After arriving in the United States, Mr. Kyle said: “New technology is our greatest opportunity to restore public services and grow our economy.
“I have looked at AI tools and I think they would have caught my mother’s cancer earlier.
“Using this technology to keep families together longer is personal to me.
“UK businesses stand to benefit hugely from the innovation this latest wave of technology brings.
“A Labor government wants to unleash innovation, give businesses the certainty they need to invest in our country, raise wages and get our economy growing again.”
Labor, which has a wide lead over the Conservatives in opinion polls ahead of a general election likely to be held later this year, is seeking to accelerate existing AI regulations and impose safety reporting requirements on core laboratories. announced the introduction of a Regulatory and Innovation Authority. Innovation through technology.
In November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak chaired the first Global AI Summit at Bletchley Park, and as governments around the world consider regulating AI technology, experts say it must be effectively controlled. It warns that it may pose a danger to humans.
Andrew Griffiths, Conservative science minister, said: “Despite Labor’s attempts to hide its anti-business background and ideology, the reality is that businesses can safely use AI to grow and prosper. The current situation is that Labor can’t say how they can help. They don’t have a plan.”