UK to invest £900m in supercomputer in bid to build own ‘BritGPT’
by Dan Milmo and Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#69V7E)
Treasury announces plans for exascale computer so as not to risk losing out to China
The UK government is to invest 900m in a cutting-edge supercomputer as part of an artificial intelligence strategy that includes ensuring the country can build its own BritGPT".
The treasury outlined plans to spend around 900m on building an exascale computer, which would be several times more powerful than the UK's biggest computers, and establishing a new AI research body.
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