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Radio Newcastle,5 mins

Huge North East 'AI' investment

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We've heard loads of stuff about Artificial Intelligence coming to the North East recently The region will be receiving a huge investment and there'll be 'AI' growth zones at sites in Blyth and Cobalt Park, in North Tyneside. One of the big things that's coming from that investment is jobs for North East people and yesterday, the Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall, was here to announce new training and apprenticeship schemes to help people get those jobs. Madelynne Flack went to Cobalt park to speak to her.

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