Tech giants keep British artificial intelligence in mind | Artificial intelligence

For mere mortals job hunting can be a slog. Updating your CV, writing a cover letter, having a phone interview, an in-person interview, a second interview. It can seem like a never-ending process. But for specialists in the red-hot field of artificial intelligence (AI), job offers rain down with little effort.

With billions of dollars flowing into the sector, around the world big technology companies are engaged in a scramble for talent as they seek to get their hands on the limited numbers of undergraduates and postgraduates studying computer science and machine learning – the AI experts of the future.

With fewer than 10 UK universities offering top-level courses in AI, the number of skilled…