The UK Government announced this month its intentions to host “the first major global summit on AI safety” in September.

SWTD has spoken to prominent AI experts in the South West to share their views.

“Breakthroughs from AI continue to improve our lives”, the Government announcement states, “from enabling paralysed people to walk to discovering superbug-killing antibiotics....

Tech firms in the South West received a boost in Rishi Sunak's budget with the announcement of a £200m investment fund to support fast-growing businesses across the region.

The Chancellor announced £1.6bn in increases to regional financing programmes , including £200m to "provide a new fund for businesses in the South West of England". It is the first government fund to stretch...

Plans for a regional investment fund for the South West are being considered by the Treasury and could be announced in the autumn budget on October 27th.

The proposed fund would resemble the structure of the £500m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), although will not initially have anything like that much funding at its disposal, according to sources with knowledge of the...