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Hi listeners, what you're about to hear is a fascinating discussion hosted by the New

Statesman, sponsored by 3M and recorded in front of a live audience in central London.

Our expert panel explores how Britain can accelerate innovation driven by artificial intelligence.

Moderator Jane Wakefield was joined by Will Dunn, the New Statesman's business editor,

Hannah Russell, CEO of the British Science Association,

Sarah Armstrong of Microsoft, and Paul Cardno of 3M.

Here's Jane.

We're in the knowledge quarter here.

It's really surprising, I guess, when you look at the neighbours, British Library,

and Francis Crick Institute across the way.

And I understand that this space is used, not just as an office, but obviously as a place for conversation.

And I hope that is what we're going to do today.

When I think about AI, it does seem it's the conversation that everybody is talking about at the

moment. I came from Lisbon last week where I was moderating a panel on the AI stage, and that was

by far the most popular stage at the whole event. Everybody was fascinated with what's going on in AI.

And it's a very multi-layered conversation because you've got at the top, the sort of big

societal questions about where we think AI is going to take us and how it could potentially

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