Kanishka Narayan, the UK’s AI minister, joins us on the Sifted Podcast hot off the heels of the big reveal of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest budget, which announced some fairly positive moves for Britain’s entrepreneurs — as host Amy Lewin and minister Narayan discuss in this episode.
In his role as AI minister — which he’s had for just two months — Narayan holds some pretty chunky responsibilities: including ensuring that the UK seizes upon the opportunities AI presents to us — and leverages tech for growth.
“I think the role I have is the best job going,” he told Sifted. “The economic opportunity of our lifetime is going to be how quickly and how well we can adapt and adopt AI to fit in with our existing work lives and make us way more productive, as well as give us a sense of delight and fulfilment day to day.”
In this episode of the Sifted Podcast, Amy asks Narayan if he thinks the UK is moving fast enough on adopting and regulating AI, what the biggest risks the technology poses to the nation are and where he thinks the government should put its resources to have the most positive impact on the tech sector.
“The opportunity is now, and we need to move fast to capture the opportunity,” he said.
The minister’s clearly in a hurry to get things done — if only evidenced by how speedily he speaks — so the pair cover a lot of ground in their conversation.
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