Microsoft Finds the UK an AI Loser

October 1, 2019

DarkCyber was surprised to learn that the United Kingdom is a loser when it comes to smart software. This conclusion will be a surprise to those in UK universities engaged in artificial intelligence research and development.

New Microsoft Report Claims U.K. Is Behind The Rest Of The World On AI” alleges that:

British organizations risk being overtaken by their global counterparts unless the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is accelerated.

The full report is available at this link.

Much of Google’s smart software shares some DNA with the DeepMind outfit. Cambridge University, a reasonably good school, has been cranking out smart software luminaries for decades.

What’s Microsoft’s agenda?

That an easy question to answer.

The Microsoft report wants the UK to use more Microsoft. The Redmond giant needs 80 pages and an 80 gigabyte file to make its point. Terse. Tasty. Terrific. Nope.

Will this approach cause a spike in UK grabbing more Microsoft goodness?

Yeah, well, maybe. But the report seems to have an agenda; specifically, making the point that the UK should use more Microsoft and less of the “other guy’s technology.” The other guy may be none other than Google. Microsoft wants AI to work for everyone (page 39). The “other guy” may be less catholic.

Stephen E Arnold, October 2, 2019

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