Talent scheme

PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Monday (21) unveiled a scheme for the world’s 100 most talented young professionals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of his vision to make the UK a “beacon” to attract the “brightest and best” from across the world.

He also pledged to create “one of the world’s most attractive visa regimes for entrepreneurs and highly skilled people” and make use of the “Brexit freedoms” to strike trade deals with some of “the world’s fastestgrowing economies”.

“We cannot allow the world’s top AI talent to be drawn to America or China,” Sunak told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in Birmingham. “That’s why, building on the AI scholarships and Master’s conversion courses I instigated as chancellor, we are launching a programme to identify and attract the world’s top 100 young talents on AI.”