Starmer vows to work with Musk on AI growth after billionaire's criticism of governmentReuters
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00:00Your predecessor had an AI summit, and the next day, he had a very chummy one-on-one broadcast session with Elon Musk.
00:06Now, you must be at least a bit worried that not only is presumed Elon Musk not wanting to invest in the country at the moment,
00:15but he will be telling anybody who will listen to him not to invest. I mean, what can you do about this?
00:21Well, Andy, I'm really pleased that very highly successful players within the sector have come out very strongly in support of the plan that we've put on the table in the last day or two.
00:36And that is really significant, because in the end, as I said in my speech, they are the ones that will be making the breakthroughs of the future.
00:43They are the ones that are deciding where is it that they want to have their office, where is it they want to have their staff.
00:49And they're not just saying that they like the plan, they're voting with their feet, if you like, and they're setting up their offices in London in this country.
01:00So I'm really pleased about that. We will work with anybody in this sector, by the way, whether it's Elon Musk or anybody else.
01:09We're a government that's focused on being number one when it comes to AI and working with all.
01:15But I'm very pleased by what's already been said by some of the key people in this field.
01:21So thank you very much, Andy.