UK investing in “strategic” AI capabilities

OpenBind consortium, new Centre for AI-driven innovation, and supercomputer funding all intended to help drive drug R&D

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

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