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The Guardian

UK shelves £1.3bn of funding for technology and AI projects



Britain’s first next-generation supercomputer, planned by Tories, in doubt after Labour government moveThe new Labour government has shelved £1.3bn of funding pledged by the Conservatives for technology and artificial intelligence projects, putting the future of the UK’s first next-generation supercomputer in doubt.The projects, announced last year, include £800m for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh and a further £500m for the AI Research Resource, which funds computing power for AI. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/02/uk-funding-technology-and-ai-projects

Author : Julia Kollewe

Publish date : 2024-08-02 08:12:59

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