How the UK became Europe's dominant player in AI - and what it must do to retain its position

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest growing parts of the global economy.

Estimates vary, but one report from Markets and Markets estimates that the AI sector will be worth $16.1bn by 2022, growing at 62.9% from 2016 to 2022.1 The size of the opportunity is clear. Sitting at the heart of this growth is London. Today, London's cluster of AI companies and research institutes - public, private and state financed - place it amongst a small group of leading global AI hubs which includes Silicon Valley, Singapore and Shanghai. How AI is shaping the wealth management industry The UK has been at the forefront of AI research from its earliest days, and the extent...