The next UK government can help turn around the dire state of the national finances by harnessing artificial intelligence to boost public services, according to two research groups.
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Institute for Public Policy Research said the technology can boost output from front-line services at a time when many parts of the public sector are creaking.
The claims come as the opposition Labour Party, on course to win the July 4 general election, vowed to use technology to “restart the engine of our economy,” saying that the services-heavy UK is “uniquely positioned” to benefit ...