Gloucestershire Tech community is hoping the county can see gains with Artificial Intelligence investment.
It is also the county of government intelligence office GCHQ.
The Prime Minister has said he would like to “open AI up” to the whole of the UK for growth and public services revival.
New projects like the Minster Exchange in Cheltenham and much-hyped Golden Valley Development will see a lot of investment into the cyber sector in the next 10 years.
The AI Opportunities Action Plan is supported by tech giants, including some that have pledged £14bn to multiple projects, generating 13,250 jobs, the government added.
Neil Smith, Managing Director of Cheltenham business Reform IT, has applauded the government announcement.
“Cheltenham and Gloucester in particular are very well placed to benefit from the investment which has been announced with the new cyber park,” he added.
We have a chance in Gloucestershire now to make talent to educate people and to be an excellence centre, for AI”.
Both the University of Gloucestershire and Berkeley Green UTC have IT specialised courses, which cover AI development.
Gareth Lister: AI is really handy for training, admin and other tasks, but I wish it were more on the curriculum.
“It is for schools like mine where we teach how the technicalities and nuances of what exactly AI is doing and build those skills in programming in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and cyber security. Mr Lister said.
‘We’re going to need kids with a lot of skills in those kinds of things,’ he said.
Dr Will Sayers, head of the School for Computing at the University of Gloucestershire, explains that the county can cash in on its existing cyber industry.
“We’re primed to take advantage of national funding in a way that can help our local, more mature cyber companies pick up relationships,” said Dr Sayers.
