What the public really thinks about AI
Westminster has got it wrong.
Good morning and yes, it is only Wednesday. I'm off to the AI Summit in Wapping today, an area I've not had to visit since working for the tabloids once upon a time.
Happening Today 📆
The AI Summit London starts at Tobacco Dock, while London Tech Week has its last day at Olympia. Prince William is making an appearance at 11am to launch the Homelessness Data Lab, a collaboration with 20 organisations to improve how data is used to prevent homelessness. At the Excel, Stripe Tour London kicks off.
Cash back: Scale-ups will get visa fees of up to £25,000 reimbursed, the Chancellor will announce at an event later today. It is part of a government package designed to support scale-ups which includes a "concierge" service run by the business department to help companies get government help from procurement to regulatory advice.
In Parliament: The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is bringing in academics at 9:40am to look at evidence of digital devices impacting children's brain development. The Environmental Audit Committee also starts taking evidence on data centres' energy use at 2:30pm. Christina Christopoulou, from AWS, Michael Birtwistle, from the Ada Lovelace Institute and nLighten boss Dawn Childs are among those being quizzed by MPs.
Regulating for growth: The Treasury wants regulators to be take more risks, but hasn't guided them on how to balance growth against regulating, a report from the Public Accounts Committee published this morning finds.
P.S. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was meant to return to the Commons today but that has been pushed back to June 16.
Drinks tonight: TechUK and IBM host London Tech Week drinks (invite-needed).
In today's edition:
🗣️ A major new poll reveals 85 percent of voters want an independent AI regulator, only a fifth are excited by the technology, and they associate it with job losses.
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