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Our whitepaper outlines key steps to unlock AI’s potential as a growth driver. The paper, authored by Colt’s CEO Keri Gilder with EY, highlights the transformative opportunities presented by AI and offers steps for the UK to harness AI’s power and potential. The document also outlines the risks presented by a failure to act fast, suggesting the UK could be relegated to a ‘secondary player in the global economy’.
As a trusted digital infrastructure leader, Colt’s vantage point across the global technology industry - alongside its track-record in building secure, sustainable, next-generation fibre networks which are fundamental to the AI economy - leaves it well positioned to share experience and insight. Author and CEO Keri Gilder has an engineering background and is one of the most recognised and respected leaders in the international telecoms world.
The Colt paper outlines four ways it believes the government should act to help reposition the UK as an AI superpower:
- Shape a supportive environment: establish robust, pro-innovation regulation and a streamlined planning processes to create a stable policy environment for AI
- Facilitate cross-sector coordination: act as a unifying force by harmonising policies, identifying synergies and addressing varying sectoral requirements
- Maximise strategic leadership and vision: champion AI adoption, identify sectoral opportunities, and showcase public sector best practices to build confidence in AI
- Enable flexible funding support: leverage fiscal tools, targeted R&D funding, and flexible mechanisms to unlock private investment and drive innovation
AI has the potential to transform the UK's socioeconomic growth - to drive lasting change which brings together public and private investment, talent and insight to improve lives and protect the environment. Our goal behind this paper is to share the deep insights and experience that we've gained as a vital part of the UK's digital ecosystem, and to encourage conversations which explore ways the UK can capitalise on the AI revolution and drive remarkable, lasting change. - Keri Gilder, CEO, Colt
Download our whitepaper to understand why we think the UK needs to prioritise policies for AI, what currently hampers the UK's growth in this sector, recommendations for what the UK can do to address this, as well as a look at the bold future that this could represent for the UK.
