Technology and Energy Secretaries chair first meeting of AI Energy Council
The UK's new AI Energy Council held its first meeting in Westminster today (8 April).
Science, Innovation, and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, and Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband co-chair the first meeting of the AI Energy Council.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology Peter Kyle and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband today convened the first meeting of the AI Energy Council in Westminster.
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