AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing shape UK’s new 10-year economic plan – Computerworld

“We will enable new sectors to establish themselves e.g., our rapidly growing AI sector. […] Driving investment into our internationally renowned cybersecurity sector and supporting cutting-edge innovation to address the challenges that prevent widespread technology adoption,” the government wrote in the the Digital Technologies Sector Plan.

With a combined value of £1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) the UK’s tech sector was currently the world’s third most valuable behind only the US and China, it calculated.

The Plan’s focus on AI in particular sets out ambitious uptake goals. As soon as 2030, the UK should have several AI growth zones, with 7.5 million people upskilled to use the technology while the country’s AI research capacity will grow twentyfold, the plan projects. By the same date, the CyberASAP accelerator program should be supporting 250 cybersecurity companies and 28 spinouts.