Use of AI in the UK Food System

Key findings Key findingsLevels of research globally into AI have been consistently high over the Levels of research globally into AI have been consistently high over the last six years.last six years.Scientometric analysis found that, globally, over the last six years there have been high levels of academic knowledge generation in the areas of AI and food systems, and the UK has remained one of the top five countries publishing in this field.Research within the UK has focused less on translation and Research within the UK has focused less on translation and implementation.implementation.The number of patents published within the UK is significantly fewer than the number registered by the global leaders, the USA.Research within the UK appears to be concentrated at the beginning stages of research, concentrating on testing theory or developing new ideas, rather than on developing products for immediate application in industry, or researching the impact of the implementation of new tools.While it is important to acknowledge that these findings rely on first author and country of applicant data, which may underrepresent international consortiums of researchers or multi-national companies which include the UK, these findings are echoed in the academic and grey literature searches Use of AI in the UK Food System FSA Research and Evidence