Members of the UK鈥檚 first AI Opportunity Forum have been appointed by the government.
Pioneering AI companies will join forces with business leaders to encourage adoption of artificial intelligence across the private sector to boost productivity, fuel innovation and deliver growth in all areas of the economy.
Revealed in the wake of the global AI Safety Summit, held at Bletchley Park late last year, the Forum will be overseen by Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak鈥檚 special adviser on business and investment Franck Petitgas.
It includes representatives from Microsoft, Google, Quantexa, KPMG, Arm, Barclays, Vodafone, Universal Music Group and GSK.
It will particularly focus on the AI culture and skills of organisations in the UK, how they manage governance, awareness, and risks of the technology, and the availability of data which they can tap into.聽
鈥淲e want to see organisations across the UK tapping into the transformative power of AI to boost their productivity, unlock new opportunities, and drive growth,鈥� said Donelan.
鈥淭he AI Opportunity Forum brings together our brightest minds from the worlds of AI and business to drive forward that effort.聽聽
鈥淎I develops at an incredible pace, and we鈥檙e acting in lockstep to ensure businesses and employees in every sector of our economy can take advantage of this generation-defining technology.鈥�
CEO of Microsoft UK, Clare Barclay, said: 鈥淪peed of AI adoption, backed by robust industry skilling programmes, will determine just how successfully the UK embraces this generational shift in how we live and work.
鈥淭he AI Opportunity Forum will help accelerate the private sector transformation we need to compete and lead in the global economy.鈥�
Managing director of Google UK, Debbie Weinstein, added: 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to working alongside the government to ensure that British businesses are well equipped to harness the benefits of AI.聽
鈥淕oogle鈥檚 UK Economic Impact Report highlighted the scale of this opportunity, with forecasts showing that AI-powered innovation could create over 拢400 billion in economic value for the UK economy by 2030.聽
鈥淚nitiatives like the Government鈥檚 AI Opportunity Forum are key for unlocking the transformative potential of a technology which has the potential to boost productivity, fuel creativity and drive tech-led growth across a variety of sectors up and down the country.鈥�
The Forum will now gather for its first meeting in February, with further meetings taking place bi-monthly. Its members are listed below.
鈥� Clare Barclay, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft UK
鈥� Debbie Weinstein, Managing Director of Google UK and Ireland
鈥� Vishal Marria, CEO of Quantexa
鈥� Rene Haas, Chief Executive Officer of Arm
鈥� Bina Mehta, Chair of KPMG UK
鈥� Jennie Daly, Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey
鈥� Ken Murphy, Group Chief Executive Officer of Tesco
鈥� S. Venkatakrishnan, Group Chief Executive of Barclays
鈥� Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy
鈥� Margherita Della Valle, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone
鈥� Emma Walmsley, CEO of GSK
鈥� Lucian Grainge CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group
鈥� Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer of Sage
鈥� Jack Hidary, Chief Executive Officer of SandboxAQ
鈥� Edward Braham, Chair of M&G
鈥� Simon Patterson, Managing Director of Silver Lake
鈥� Laura Cameron, Managing Partner of Pinsent Masons