The UK’s New AI Taskforce

In this article, we look at the reasons for the government's formation of the Foundation Model Taskforce, and how the DeepMind and Google Brain tie-up could solve some big issues for Alphabet in the AI world.

£100 Million Investment In Taskforce Start-Up

The UK government has announced that it will be investing £100 million in initial start-up funding for a 'taskforce' which will be responsible for accelerating the UK's capability in rapidly emerging types of artificial intelligence. The investment will be on top of a £900 million investment into the 'Budget for Compute' technology for a new 'exascale' supercomputer and a dedicated AI Research Resource to equip the UK with the processing power it needs to support the next generation of AI innovation.