I am on a mission to ensure the UK is an environment that fosters innovation, especially in AI.
@wayve_ai
are an incredible success story, announcing this week that they have secured over $1bn of investment - further cementing the UK as a global destination for tech & growth.
Launching Inspect is a great achievement, and testament to the work of our
@AISafetyInst
.
Through this platform we will see greater global collaboration on AI safety, with organisations able to work closely together to drive forward safe, responsible AI.
We open-sourced Inspect, our framework for large language model evaluations. We're excited to see the research community use and build upon this work!
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My plan to make the UK a Sci-Tech Superpower keeps on delivering. The incredible
@CoreWeave
have chosen to base their European HQ right here in the UK.
This brings a £1bn investment, with 2 new data centres that will power the UK's technology-driven future and create new jobs.
Once again, UK AI companies are improving and saving lives because of our world-leading approach to making AI safe and beneficial to humanity.
@GoogleDeepMind
have made another breakthrough with AlphaFold3 - creating new treatments for previously untreatable illnesses.
Announcing AlphaFold 3: our state-of-the-art AI model for predicting the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules. 🧬
Here’s how we built it with
@IsomorphicLabs
and what it means for biology. 🧵
The next round of discussions of the AI Opportunity Forum have taken place to explore how we can boost the adoption of the technology in the private sector.
We are supporting businesses to tap into the potential of AI to drive growth & productivity📈👩💼👨💼
Today
@ofcom
has set out proposed steps on how children will be better protected under the Online Safety Act 🔒
These include robust age-checks, improving algorithms and better moderation of content by social media companies ✅
Read more 🔽
At
@Wayve_ai
today with
@RishiSunak
we saw how they plan to develop "embodied AI" tech to power the next generation of self-driving cars.
Today’s investment represents the largest ever in a UK AI company, and confirms the UK's AI ecosystem is a magnet for investment & growth.
Maths is a core life skill and its advanced application will become even more central to future jobs, from AI to data science 💻
We’re inviting organisations to apply for up to £6m to deliver a National Academy focused on Mathematical Sciences to champion this vital subject 🧮
Our new National Academy for Mathematical Sciences will champion a vital subject for cutting-edge discovery, new jobs and our economy 🧮
From today until 4 June we’re inviting organisations to apply for up to £6m to deliver the Academy 👇
The
#BletchleyEffect
is very clear from the agenda of the AI Seoul Summit - the UK’s leadership as host of the world’s 1st AI Safety Summit last Nov is still having a major impact.
I will be co-hosting talks with our Korean partners and taking AI safety onto the next level 🇬🇧🇰🇷
📢
#AISeoulSummit
agenda confirmed 📢
The Summit will unite countries & companies from around the world to continue conversations on AI safety, how to further advance innovation, and how to make sure we harness its benefits for everyone🌍
Full agenda:
This investment is a vote of confidence in the UK as an AI powerhouse.
@wayve_ai
are a true homegrown success story, made possible by our pro-innovation approach to managing this generation-defining tech.
The UK is now firmly the global destination for tech innovation & growth.
British company
@Wayve_ai
has secured the largest ever investment into a UK AI company.
This will enable them to develop and launch the first “embodied AI” technology, to power the next generation of self-driving cars.
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