英國政府宣佈將向高校人工智能研究投資1730萬英鎊

Funding of 17.3 million pounds for artificial intelligence and robotics research to be carried out by British universities is to be announced by the government.

英國政府日前宣佈，將向全國各所大學投入1730萬英鎊，以用於人工智能和機器人的研究。

It is part of the government's digital strategy, to be published by Culture Secretary Karen Bradley last Wednesday.

文化部部長卡倫·布拉得利在上週三表示，這是政府數字戰略的一部分。

'Backing our thriving digital economy to expand and grow by putting the best foundations in place to develop new technology is a vital part of this government's plan to build a modern, dynamic and global trading nation', she said.

她說道：“支持我們正興起的數字化經濟，把最好的硬件設施提供給發展中的新技術是政府計劃的一部分，這一計劃就是要發展一個現代化的、有活力的、國際貿易型的國家。”

A report by Accenture released last year estimated that AI could contribute up to 654bn pound to the UK economy by 2035.

Accenture公司在去年發佈的調查報告中預測，截至2035年，人工智能對英國經濟作出的貢獻將高達6540億英鎊。

But the government was criticised last year for its support of the UK tech scene.

但是英國政府由於對科技的過高投入而在去年曾遭到批評。

As part of the new digital strategy, computer scientist Prof Dame Wendy Hall and tech CEO Jerome Pesenti, former chief data scientist at IBM, have been asked to review the UK's artificial intelligence sector.

作爲新興數字戰略的一部分，計算機科學家達梅·溫迪·霍爾教授和科技公司CEO、前IBM首席數據科學家傑羅姆·佩森迪已經受邀重返人工智能領域。

'Our scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs are at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence and I'm looking forward to exploring how industry and government can work together to support the technology in the UK', said Dame Wendy.

達梅·溫迪表示：“我們的科學家、研究工作者和企業家們都走在人工智能發展的最前沿，我對這一產業和政府之間將會怎樣合作互助、從而推動英國科技的發展很期待。”