CREDIT: CARL COURT and regulatory frameworks without addressing the computational foundation required for commercial AI deployment.
“ Many people say to me in the conversations I have about AI tech, it’ s the regulatory environment, it’ s your planning, your infrastructure, the regulatory bodies that are holding us back – and that is certainly true,” he says.
“ The more I’ ve tried to get stuff done as a government, the more I’ ve shared the frustration. I do think that there’ s this almost cultural question, which is: how do we lead people along this path?
“ I don’ t think the government can do it. I don’ t think entrepreneurs can do it on their own. I think it has to be done together and for everybody who wants to see AI and tech go as far as we all do, we have to bear that responsibility.”
The Prime Minister frames the programme as central to broader economic growth objectives, positioning AI infrastructure alongside traditional infrastructure priorities.
This approach shows the change from viewing AI as a specialised technology sector concern to recognising its role as foundational infrastructure comparable to transportation or energy networks.
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