Lessons in professional AI - how to adopt it safely in manufacturing, legal services, and architecture

Like the US and China, the UK – world number three in backing the technology – wants growth and a productivity boost from adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI). But is it that simple?

As we see from my previous reports this month, there are real challenges for business leaders when it comes to vendor trust and ethics; trust in AI's outputs and accuracy; employee demands for greater understanding of the technology (rather than lectures about how it will make them more efficient); and the poor results of many enterprise AI projects.

So, how to square all that technology risk and complexity with the apparent simplicity of government policy: namely, add AI and trigger instant growth and productivity?

One big-picture challenge is that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government has a PR problem when it comes to AI. His administration is seen as being too close to US vendors, such as OpenAI ...