UK to invest £900m in supercomputer in bid to build own ‘BritGPT’

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Treasury announces plans for exascale computer so as not to risk losing out to China

The 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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