Pro-innovation Agenda

Focus Area

AI education

Key Objective

Reinforce America's Technological Supremacy

Key Characteristic

Pro-business, pro-innovation

Associated Administration

Donald Trump Presidency

April 25, 2023 As we continue to see the rapid development of digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence tools, legislators around the world are contemplating how best to regulate these technologies. In the UK, the Government has adopted a “pro-innovation” agenda, with the aim of making the UK “an attractive destination for R&D projects, manufacturing and investment, and ensuring can realise the economic and social benefits of new technologies as quickly as possible.” [...] Law SchoolKeyword Search #### Select a Category ### Select a Category #### ### #### Select a role ### Select a role #### Select a location ### Select a page #### Select a location ### Select a page #### Select a location ### Select a page Browse By: ### Select a page Search by: #### About Us ### Select a page #### Americas #### Asia #### Europe, Middle East & Africa ### Select a page # A “pro-innovation” agenda: the UK Government’s Approach to AI and Digital Technology [...] © 2025 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

3. Protect pro-innovation tax incentives for private-sector investment in research and development, particularly for startups and small businesses. 4. Reward universities for investing endowment returns in STEM research and expanding STEM education access, through deductions in the endowment tax. 5. Expand and broaden access to capital for small businesses, startups, and innovative companies, such as through favorable tax treatment and scaled compliance costs. [...] The Agenda offers a comprehensive path forward centered around seven foundational priorities: investing in American R&D; promoting smart regulations and open markets; building an inclusive and globally competitive workforce; advancing American leadership in AI; protecting online privacy; building innovation infrastructure; and promoting national resilience and responsible governance. [...] Importantly, innovation should translate into real benefits for hardworking, middle-class Americans: lower energy bills, cheaper healthcare, more affordable housing, better access to education and training, and high-quality jobs in every region of the country. Our New Dem Innovation Agenda presents a holistic and forward-looking platform to do just that: spur groundbreaking research, create new businesses and jobs, and help more people achieve the American Dream. ##### Our Moment

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, OpenAI founder Sam Altman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and company co-founder Sergey Brin were among the Silicon Valley titans in attendance. “Thank you for being such a pro-business, pro-innovation President. It’s a very refreshing change,” Altman told Trump at the dinner. “We’re very excited to see what you are doing to make all of our companies and our entire country so successful.” [...] President Trump and first lady Melania hosted more than two dozen tech leaders at the White House. AP President Trump sat next to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House. AP OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was one of the guests at the tech dinner. AP Tech leaders praised President Trump's “pro-business, pro-innovation” approach. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement This page is not available in your area. [...] He went on to praise Trump for “supporting our companies instead of fighting with them,” describing the shift as “hugely important” for technological development. ### Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. ### Thanks for signing up!

We have placed a particular emphasis on the challenges that highly capable general-purpose AI systems pose to a context-based framework. Here we lay out a pro-innovation case for further targeted binding requirements on the small number of organisations developing highly capable general-purpose AI systems to ensure that they are accountable for making these technologies sufficiently safe. This can be done while allowing our expert regulators to provide effective rules for the use of AI within [...] The UK is leading the world in how to respond to this challenge. Our approach to preparing for such a future is firmly pro-innovation. To realise the immense benefits of these technologies, we must ensure AI’s trustworthiness and public adoption through a strong pro-safety approach. As the Prime Minister set out in a landmark speech in October 2023, “the future of AI is safe AI.  And by making the UK a global leader in safe AI, we will attract even more of the new jobs and investment that will