In understanding the existence and size of the AI skills gap, how many people are working in the AI sector, what is the structural and demographic breakdown, how has this changed over time?
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BEIS plans to boost productivity and improve lives by tackling society’s Grand Challenges in life sciences, artificial intelligence, automation and space. By investing in R&D and innovation, we will unleash potential and work towards making the UK a science superpower. To do this, BEIS needs research to better understand:
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Related UKRI funded projects
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BridgeAI - Sector Capabilities ATI Direct Award
BridgeAI is a major new initiative at the Turing, funded by Innovate UK, that is aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies in sectors with high growth potential across the UK includi...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The BridgeAI project focuses on accelerating the adoption of AI technologies in various sectors, providing training and addressing systemic barriers, which directly relates to understanding the AI skills gap and demographic breakdown.
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Accelerated Compute Infrastructure Training Hub (ACIT-Hub)
Accelerated Compute is revolutionising many fields where the UK has strategic interests and comparative strength. The UK government and industry have invested over £1.8 billion in Accelerated Compute infrastructure...
Funded by: DRI
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Why might this be relevant?
The ACIT-Hub project addresses the lack of support and coordination in developing Research Technology Professionals (RTPs) who build and maintain Accelerated Compute platforms, indirectly related to understanding the AI skills gap and demographic breakdown.
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Better Images of AI: Research-Informed Diversification of Stock Imagery of Artificial Intelligence
The stock images currently used to illustrate news stories, reports, and other publications about artificial intelligence (AI) are often misleading and threaten to distort the public understanding of new technologies. Th...
Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project is not relevant as it does not provide information on the size, structure, or demographic breakdown of the AI sector, but the authors are competent in the field of AI.