UK Pledges AI Training for All to Grasp £140 Billion Opportunity

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promised to offer training in artificial intelligence for all UK workers as the government seeks to embrace a technology that it said has the potential to boost economic output by £140 billion ($193 billion) a year.

Online courses developed by British industry will be made available to all UK adults to train them in how to use AI tools to draft text, create content and complete administrative tasks, Kendall’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said late Tuesday in a statement. That will free them up to focus on other work, while giving employers confidence in ...