The UK plans to boost spending on computing power to develop AI by £500M over two years, bringing its total planned investment to more than £1.5B
Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence
Financial Times Clive Cookson
Related Coverage
- Autumn Statement 2023 — This is the Autumn Statement 2023 in full. You can find supporting and related documents below. GOV.UK
- National Quantum Strategy Missions GOV.UK
- The UK is boosting its AI and quantum research funding Silicon Republic · Jenny Darmody
- UK's quantum plans could ‘unlock billions — and a geopolitical advantage’ TNW · Thomas Macaulay
- Autumn Statement broadly welcomed by UK tech UKTN · Oscar Hornstein
- Hunt to launch ‘moonshot’ quantum supercomputing programme in Autumn Statement Telegraph
- Quantum AI represents a ‘transformative advancement’ AI News · Ryan Daws
- Chancellor considers quantum funding boost in Autumn Statement UKTN · Oscar Hornstein
- Autumn Statement: All the key UK tech policies UKTN · Robert Scammell
- Autumn Statement reveals more AI and quantum initiatives ComputerWeekly.com · Cliff Saran
- Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement launches quantum missions and £500m AI funding Tech Monitor · Matthew Gooding
- Chancellor offers spending boost for IT buyers alongside AI and quantum investments ComputerWeekly.com · Bryan Glick
Discussion
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@scitechgovuk
@scitechgovuk
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Yesterday's Autumn Statement saw @HMT announce investment in areas including: 💻 Compute 🔬 UK R&D 🧪 Life Sciences 📝 Regulatory sandboxes Read on to discover how this vital funding will help the UK fulfil its goal of becoming a science and tech superpower 👇 1/13 [image]
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@scitechgovuk
@scitechgovuk
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£500m has been invested into compute, which is essential for scientific research and driving new discoveries🔍 This funding will help power the AI tools of the future, acting as a catalyst for growth and innovation unlocking compute's potential for the UK. 2/13 [image]
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@jamestitcomb
James Titcomb
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Can't wait to scroll through TikTok on the Future Quantum Internet https://www.gov.uk/... [image]
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@matthfield
Matt Field
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In true quantum fashion, the government paper on its five quantum missions is failing to load and delivering a 404 error - making this story both correct and incorrect at the same time https://www.gov.uk/...
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@diegorodmej
Diego Rodriguez Mejias
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📢 The UK Government has launched today 5 new long-term quantum missions that set where we want to get to as a country to accelerate tech development. From quantum computers to deploying sensors in our National Health Service, you can read them here 👇 https://www.gov.uk/...
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@hmtreasury
@hmtreasury
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The UK's AI industry is thriving, employing over 50k people & contributing £3.7bn to the economy last year. To boost the industry for the future, we're committing a further £500m - helping to fund the next generation of supercomputers & AI innovation. [image]
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@michelledonelan
Michelle Donelan MP
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The success of the #AISafetySummit cemented the UK's leadership in AI. This £500m investment in AI supercomputing will help medical and environmental breakthroughs, as well as increasing our skilled workforce and unlocking economic growth.