The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities

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Max Rangeley runs an economics think tank and has served on the boards of other think tanks in London and Brussels. He has put an emphasis on AI policy, including organising and moderating the artificial intelligence roundtable discussions in the European Parliament.

Nicholas Fairfax is a lawyer who has worked in shipping for forty years. He has had a lifelong interest in AI and where it might take the world. He is an Elected Member of the House of Lords and was a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on AI in Weapons Systems in 2023.