Announced on Alan Turing's 114th birthday, a new £60 million initiative aims to reshape the future of AI. Here is how the UK plans to bypass costly American infrastructure.
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Oxford and UCL receive £60 million from the UK government to build low-hardware, open-source AI models and reduce reliance on major US tech firms.
Paul Hill
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