Tech giant NVIDIA’s new alliance of AI and technology firms promoting open and responsible use of automation has been launched with no UK members, prompting concern that Britain is missing out on a major industry advancement.
The US chip firm announced the launch of the Open Secure AI Alliance for AI Safety and Security on Monday and despite the founding members being made up of dozens of tech firms from various countries, UK businesses have not been included.
The goal of the organisation is to promote open source AI technology, support a cooperative approach to advancing AI and joining up efforts to tackle the numerous cybersecurity concerns associated with the it.
The bulk of the alliance is made up of major US firms, including Adobe, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell and Palantir. However, several international companies were also included, such as German firms Siemens and SAP, South Korea’s NAVER and SK Telecom and Japan’s TrendAI.
Responding to the lack of British representation, Open UK chief executive Amanda Brock said the UK needs to “carve out our own place now”.
“It’s great to see a collective response to the open source security challenge – we’ve been seeing enterprises respond to these issues individually of late, but it’s primarily a US industry response,” said Brock.
“For the UK, if we want a place at the future dinner table for AI, we need to carve out our own place now. That means sharing and collaborating, but from assets based on Intellectual Property and collaboration on the technologies that we evolve in country and in our own foundation.”
