Quantum computing crackdown watered down by ministers
New licence to prevent UK-based firms from fleeing overseas
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New licence to prevent UK-based firms from fleeing overseas
Responsible innovation, learning from AI and the use of foresight techniques should inform policymaking.
The shortage of expertise in quantum technologies will drive up salaries. A new report from TechUK assesses the route to commercialisation.
Read later Audio version Summary: A recent Westminster eForum event saw leaders come together to discuss the priorities for quantum technology progress, both in the UK and worldwide. (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay ) The UK is a world leader in quantum technologies, according to Roger McKinlay, Challenge Director of Quantum Technologies at UK Research and Investment (UKRI). Comparing the quantum sector today with the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, he quotes the photographer who first showed the world an aeroplane in the sky: It wasn't luck that made them fly. It was hard ...