It's easy to miss good news amid coverage of the pandemic, the rising cost of living and the, ahem, rest. However, the United Kingdom is getting something right. On Thursday, the government announced that it is investing up to £23m to boost artificial intelligence (AI) skills by creating up to 2,000 scholarships across England. This will fund masters conversion courses for people from non-Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees. "This will attract a less homogeneous group," explains Tabitha Goldstaub, who chairs the government's AI council and advises the Alan Turing Institute, "which means the UK AI ecosystem benefits from graduates with different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences".