A UK government artificial intelligence unit charged with targeting ￡45bn in savings across the civil service spent less than half of its budget last year because of recruitment challenges as global companies compete to attract top talent.
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) spent ￡5mn of its ￡12mn budget in the financial year ending March 31 2025, of which ￡3.7mn was spent on staffing.
The shortfall was “primarily driven by delays in recruitment”, said the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), which oversees i.AI, in response to a freedom of information request by the Financial Times.
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