Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation 52

52 Accepted

Fund BFI’s development of an AI observatory and tech demonstrator hub

Recommendation
At the Spending Review, the Government should fund the BFI’s development of an AI observatory and tech demonstrator hub to enable it to provide effective leadership around the industry’s use of AI. (Recommendation, Paragraph 186)
Government Response Summary
The government is investing £25 million in five new CoSTAR research and development labs and two showcase spaces, which will include a tech demonstrator and other capabilities, and will work with the BFI to deliver this proposition.
Government Response Accepted
HM Government Accepted
As part of the Sector Plan, we are investing £25 million in five new CoSTAR research and development labs, which will help develop the next phase of augmented reality and motion capture technology including AI. It will also fund two showcase spaces to demonstrate new createch, film, TV and games innovations to investors. We will work with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and a range of partners including the BFI to deliver the proposition, which includes a tech demonstrator and other capabilities.