The real cost of the UK government's “free AI training for all” is democracy
The Real Cost of the UK’s ‘Free AI Training for All’ is Democracy
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UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Liz Kendall launched “free AI training for all” on January 28, and the author criticizes that its real cost is democracy. The program falls under the AI Opportunities Action Plan, which committed £187 million in June last year and partners with NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft; all 14 compulsory Foundation courses in its AI Skills Hub come from major US institutions, and are alleged to include expired, false, and courses inapplicable to the UK. The author cites an Ada Lovelace Institute survey stating that 51% of UK adults do not trust Big Tech to act in the public interest.