Report on UK Spending on AI Research and Resources
Summary
On August 20, 2023, the Guardian reported that the U.K. government will spend 100 million GBP to build an “AI research resource,” with the funds spent to order key components from chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Intel. Specifically, the U.K. government plans to order up to 5,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia for use in AI applications. However, some U.K. officials have expressed worries that the investment is far too low to keep up with the United States, European Union (EU) and China. In response, a U.K. government spokesperson stated that the United Kingdom is “committed to supporting a thriving environment for compute in the UK which maintains our position as a global leader across science, innovation and technology.”
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