Deputy PM Dowden Says UK Will Host AI Summit in December

UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said that an artificial intelligence summit announced last week by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be hosted by Britain in December.

Sunak had previously described the timing of the conference, designed to bring together key governments and companies to discuss regulation of and research into AI, as being in the fall.

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“I overwhelmingly see the opportunities in AI,” Dowden said in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s Lizzy Burden at the Founders Forum in London. “We also need to give reassurance about the very exceptional ...