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<p>The UK Government has a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further
£50 billion and support another 1 million jobs by 2030. This was set out in June 2023
in the Creative Industries Sector Vision, which was accompanied by £77 million of
new funding to support the sector’s growth. This is on top of a range of tax reliefs
introduced or expanded since 2007 covering film, television, animation, video games,
orchestras, theatres and more.</p><p>His Majesty’s Government is working across Departments
to develop an approach on artificial intelligence and copyright which allows this
technology and the creative industries - including video games - to grow in partnership.</p><p>The
Sector Vision includes an objective to increase public and private investment in creative
industries’ innovation, contributing to the UK increasing its research and development
(R&D) expenditure to drive R&D-led innovation. In the 2023 Autumn Statement,
Her Majesty’s Treasury also announced a DCMS-led review on public investment in R&D
spending for the creative industries.</p><p>The Sector Vision is supported by £310
million in Government spending, including the following support for AI innovation
across the creative industries, including video games:</p><ul><li><p>£76.5 million
CoSTAR programme - an infrastructure network for world-class R&D in screen and
performance technology. The new national network of five CoSTAR Labs includes the
Realtime Lab in Dundee which will bring together local video games development expertise
with academic expertise in R&D and AI at Abertay University and the University
of Edinburgh.</p></li><li><p>£50 million Creative Clusters programme - joining up
academics with business in the creative sector to drive innovation and research to
improve growth.</p></li><li><p>£30 million Creative Catalyst programme - delivering
small scale innovation funding to creative businesses.</p></li></ul><p>In the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-innovation-strategy-leading-the-future-by-creating-it"
target="_blank">UK Innovation Strategy</a> the creative industries, including video
games, are identified as critical to the government’s ambition to make the UK a global
hub for innovation, engaging in innovation at a higher rate than other sectors and
more productive than the UK average. Innovate UK has funded £100m through the BridgeAI
programme, helping businesses in priority sectors, including the creative industries,
to harness the power of AI and unlock their full potential.</p>
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