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UK investing in “strategic” AI capabilities

An aerial photograph of the Diamond Light Source Modern Roof, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus located three miles south east of Didcot in the vale of the White Horse.
The Diamond Light Source Modern Roof, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. Photo: David Goddard / Getty Images

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A new consortium, backed by an £8m ($10.8m) initial investment from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) newly established Sovereign AI Unit, has been announced by the UK government.

It will be based at Diamond Light Source facility at the Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire, where it