Artificial intelligence: Research into how doctors can collaborate with AI secures {pound}50m in funding

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced more than £50m in funding for researchers to develop “trustworthy and secure” artificial intelligence (AI) that can help solve major societal challenges, including healthcare.Of this, £31m is being given to Responsible AI UK—a consortium of academic and industry partners, led by the University of Southampton—which will use the money to fund multidisciplinary research to determine “what responsible and trustworthy AI is, how to develop it and build it into existing systems, and the impacts it will have on society.”Speaking at a Science Media Centre briefing on 13 June, Gopal Ramchurn, the consortium lead and professor of AI at the University of Southampton, said that the group would attempt to answer questions on how AI could and should be used in healthcare.He said, “Are we, for example, happy with robots taking care of the elderly without human supervision? Are we happy with AI assistants…
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