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With the recent political transition in the UK, national investment priorities to stimulate the economy appear to have shifted. The new leadership, through the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), recently rescinded a commitment made by the prior government to spend £1.3 billion towards advancing AI-based research, including £800 million to develop an exascale supercomputer at the Edinburgh Parallel Computer Center (EPCC) and £500 million to extend and expand the AI Research Resource (AIRR) to support computing power for AI research. This decision does not impact £300 million already distributed for the AIRR, nor DSIT’s funding for its AI Opportunities Action Plan.
