The UK names Ian Hogarth to lead its AI Foundation Model Taskforce; Hogarth co-founded concert discovery service Songkick, which Warner Music acquired in 2017
some thoughts on the UK's Foundation Model Taskforce and regulation by Twitter Ryan Morrison / Tech Monitor : Investor and entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to lead UK AI Taskforce Robert Scammell / UKTN : Tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to chair AI taskforce GOV.UK : Tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to lead UK's AI Foundation Model Taskforce LinkedIn: Matt Clifford : It's been an honour advising the Government on the creation of the AI Taskforce and I'm delighted that we've been able to secure someone as expert … Twitter: @scitechgovuk : 📢Announced today, leading tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth @soundboy has been appointed Chair of the UK's Foundation Model Taskforce. With an initial £100m of funding, it will unite industry, academia & gov to pioneer the safe development of AI in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/... [image] Ian Hogarth / @soundboy : I'm honoured to be appointed as the Chair of the UK's AI Foundation Model Taskforce. A thread on why I'm doing this and how you might be able to help us. https://twitter.com/... Matt Clifford / @matthewclifford : It's been an honour advising the Government on the creation of the AI Taskforce and I'm delighted that we've been able to secure someone as expert, principled and ambitious as Ian Hogarth as its first Chair. The coming months will be exciting... https://www.gov.uk/... Ian Hogarth / @soundboy : 5/ And at a pivotal moment, @RishiSunak has stepped up and is playing a global leadership role. He has pledged £100m on AI safety, the largest amount ever committed to this field by a nation state.