We have had an encouraging number and diversity of applications for the first #ManchesterPrize for AI innovation.

Up to 10 finalist teams will receive £100,000 each, with a £1 million grand prize for the overall winner.

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📱 Today marks a landmark moment for UK consumers and businesses.

Smart devices will now come with protections against hackers and cyber threats.

We're committed to making the UK the safest place to be online, setting a new global standard for cyber protections.

Stories like these are devastating. Once in place our Online Safety Act will legally require platforms to take swift action to tackle child sexual abuse. But sites can and must act now – before implementation – to protect children.

AI is making train travel more accessible 👏

To mark #NationalBSLDay Saqib Bhatti MP visited Waterloo station to see how new digital screens are using AI to translate live journey information into British Sign Language (BSL).

Watch to find out more👇

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These two competitions show our commitment to a pro-innovation approach to AI🦾

As well as advancing the safety and security of AI through the #AISeoulSummit and international agreements, it is vital we support the development of AI in the UK across every sector of the economy📈

AI is the technology of the future, with the potential to transform research across many scientific fields.

Today I met Hugh Brady Imperial College London to discuss his plans with World Economic Forum for a new AI centre in London to support innovative and collaborative AI research.

We must protect children from horrific online abuse and exploitation.

Alongside the Online Safety Act, work that organisations like Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) do is crucial to making the UK the safest place in the world to be online.

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Congratulations to Professor Chris Johnson, who will join Department for Science, Innovation and Technology as Chief Scientific Adviser.

His extensive experience will help the department support scientists in creating innovative solutions to complex and challenging issues.

More on this below 👇

Welcome to the non-executive directors of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology!

These industry leaders will provide us with great expertise as we build on a highly successful first year hosting the world's first AI Safety Summit and passing legislation to make the UK the safest place to be online.

This new hub brings together expert regulators & AI innovators, making it easier to drive forward the next wave of tech breakthroughs.

Ensuring AI developers can access tailored support will ensure our wider approach to AI has innovation at its heart.

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This summit will build on the international commitments to AI safety by nations and companies across the globe made at Bletchley Park in November.

I look forward to further commitments to AI safety so everyone can enjoy the benefits of this new technology 🌍

We have been busy Department for Science, Innovation and Technology making sure AI is responsibly developed across the world, working with our partners in the US and South Korea.

We’re also implementing our groundbreaking Online Safety Act.

My words on this in the UK House of Commons today👇

Inflation has fallen - again.

It’s now at 3.2%, the lowest it has been in over two and a half years.

The UK is one of the world’s leading manufacturing nations and is crucial for inventing future technologies.

Brilliant to speak MACH Exhibition on how recent government investments into semiconductors, life sciences & advanced manufacturing are driving the sector forward 📈

Today, MPs vote on new laws to protect our future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking and to tackle youth vaping.

The UK’s Chief Medical Officers explain why they're supporting our plans for a #SmokefreeGeneration 🔽

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