By Victoria Bell For Mailonline
Published: 08:57 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 13:22 GMT, 21 February 2019
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Graduates are to be given the chance to become qualified experts in Artificial Intelligence through a new set of masters courses and work-based placements.
The move aims to drive up skills in the AI sector with courses and placement being funded by Google's Deepmind and British security and defence giant BAE Systems.
200 AI Masters places will be made available at UK universities, the Government has announced as well as 1,000 PhD places at 16 dedicated AI Centres.
This research for Doctoral Training will be made available over five years as part of the scheme.
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Graduates are to be given the chance to become qualified experts in artificial intelligence (AI) through a new set of masters courses and work-based placements. The Government has announced up to 200 AI Masters places will be made available at UK universities
Advances in modern computing technologies have created an explosion of major breakthroughs in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
It is considered one of the most important technologies of the future and is expected to be a key part of systems used to power driverless cars and robotics.
The British government wants to cement the country's reputation as a pioneer in AI.
The package is part of the Government's modern Industrial Strategy, which is being supported by up to £110 million of government investment.
The scheme follows the UK's colleges reported loss of computer scientists and researchers being lured from academia by private sector offers.
According to a Guardian survey of Britain's top ranking research universities in 2017, tech firms are hiring AI experts at a prodigious rate, fuelling a brain drain that has already hit research and teaching.
