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Location data can help deliver the safe rollout of autonomous vehicles

Location data can help deliver the safe rollout of autonomous vehicles

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

New Geospatial Commission report highlights the role location data will have in the safe deployment of self-driving road vehicles....

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New innovation challenge launched to tackle bias in AI systems

New innovation challenge launched to tackle bias in AI systems

Sunday, 15 October 2023

UK companies can apply for up to £400,000 in government investment to fund innovative new solutions which tackle bias and discrimination in AI systems...

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AI projects supporting small businesses in fashion, farming and fire fighting to get funding boost ahead of UK AI Safety Summit

AI projects supporting small businesses in fashion, farming and fire fighting to get funding boost ahead of UK AI Safety Summit

Saturday, 14 October 2023

AI projects in areas as diverse as fashion, farming and fire-fighting to be backed with a further £37 million funding, ahead of next month's AI Safety...

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Helping Parkinson's patients and optimising AI   the UK chip start ups changing the future

Helping Parkinson's patients and optimising AI the UK chip start ups changing the future

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

ChipStart is a two-year pilot programme backed by the government providing start-ups with the technical and commercial help they need to help bring ne...

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Readout of Technology Secretary's meeting with social media companies on antisemitism and violence online

Readout of Technology Secretary's meeting with social media companies on antisemitism and violence online

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Readout from the Technology Secretary's roundtable with social media companies on 11 October 2023....

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Secretary of State's remarks at PsiQuantum

Secretary of State's remarks at PsiQuantum

Monday, 09 October 2023

A speech delivered by Secretary of State Michelle Donelan at Sci-Tech Daresbury, opening a new PsiQuantum R&D facility and launching the CERN Engageme...

Game changing exascale computer planned for Edinburgh

Game changing exascale computer planned for Edinburgh

Sunday, 08 October 2023

Edinburgh has been selected to host a next-gen supercomputer fuelling economic growth, building on the success of a Bristol-based AI supercomputer, cr...

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UK joins leading nations to form new telecoms coalition and invests £70 million in new future telecoms technologies

UK joins leading nations to form new telecoms coalition and invests £70 million in new future telecoms technologies

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

The UK has joined a global coalition to enhance communication network resilience and is investing £70 million in advancing domestic next-gen telecom t...

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UK science leadership at home and abroad on show as Science and Tech Secretary visits Daresbury Laboratory

UK science leadership at home and abroad on show as Science and Tech Secretary visits Daresbury Laboratory

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

A new strategy for getting a bigger return on the UK’s membership of CERN launched as the Science and Tech Secretary visits the North West to open a n...

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New £60 million Regional Innovation Fund among measures to boost research and development

New £60 million Regional Innovation Fund among measures to boost research and development

Tuesday, 03 October 2023

A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of R&D investment is among new measur...

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Connected Britain 2023: Digital Infrastructure Minister speech

Connected Britain 2023: Digital Infrastructure Minister speech

Thursday, 28 September 2023

Minister for Digital Infrastructure, John Whittingdale, gave a speech at Connected Britain in London on 20 September 2023....

Smart tech to be trialled in towns and cities with £4 million funding to boost local connectivity

Smart tech to be trialled in towns and cities with £4 million funding to boost local connectivity

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Towns and cities across the UK will deploy smart street lamps to test next-gen digital tech, offering EV charging and improved wireless connectivity, ...

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Landmark agreement with Israel takes UK global science mission to new heights

Landmark agreement with Israel takes UK global science mission to new heights

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

UK and Israel agree Memorandum of Understanding for faster and deeper collaboration on science, innovation and technology....

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Britain makes internet safer, as Online Safety Bill finished and ready to become law

Britain makes internet safer, as Online Safety Bill finished and ready to become law

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Online Safety Bill passes its final Parliamentary debate and is now ready to become law....

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New advisory service to help businesses launch AI and digital innovations

New advisory service to help businesses launch AI and digital innovations

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Businesses across the UK will have the opportunity to showcase that their new AI and digital innovations comply with regulatory standards, so they ca...

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First meeting of UK science champions to cement UK leadership in safe, responsible biology breakthroughs

First meeting of UK science champions to cement UK leadership in safe, responsible biology breakthroughs

Thursday, 14 September 2023

The UK’s leadership in the responsible use of engineering biology will be driven forward by the first-ever meeting of the UK Biosecurity Leadership Co...

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Dr Dave Smith takes helm as UK's National Technology Adviser

Dr Dave Smith takes helm as UK's National Technology Adviser

Thursday, 14 September 2023

Smith's extensive expertise and leadership in the tech sector will ideally place him to guide the UK's tech aspirations....

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£88 million research and development boost for innovative connectivity to future proof UK mobile network

£88 million research and development boost for innovative connectivity to future proof UK mobile network

Thursday, 14 September 2023

Sporting venues and tourism hotspots will see trials of new mobile tech to increase the resilience of the UK mobile network, thanks to £88 million of ...

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Bristol set to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer to turbocharge AI innovation

Bristol set to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer to turbocharge AI innovation

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

A new supercomputer set is to be built in Bristol, in a move to drive pioneering AI research and innovation in the UK....

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Secretary of State speech at CogX Festival

Secretary of State speech at CogX Festival

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Secretary of State Michelle Donelan spoke about UK’s leadership around AI at technology conference CogX in London's O2 Arena. ...

High risk but high reward research tackling hardest to treat cancers receives £2 million funding boost

High risk but high reward research tackling hardest to treat cancers receives £2 million funding boost

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Innovative researchers working to tackle some of the hardest-to-treat cancers, including through the use of AI, have received a £2 million funding boo...

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Stars descend on Downing Street to throw support behind new laws to make UK safest place to be online

Stars descend on Downing Street to throw support behind new laws to make UK safest place to be online

Monday, 11 September 2023

Technology Secretary meets nation’s best-known personalities to discuss new laws which would make the UK the safest place in the world to be online....

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DSIT joins STEM Futures scheme in Whitehall first, to build civil servants’ sci tech skills

DSIT joins STEM Futures scheme in Whitehall first, to build civil servants’ sci tech skills

Sunday, 10 September 2023

DSIT becomes first central government department to join STEM Futures: the cross-Whitehall scheme to drive science and tech expertise among civil serv...

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Online animal cruelty activity to be removed from social media platforms  

Online animal cruelty activity to be removed from social media platforms  

Thursday, 07 September 2023

The amendment, which will be tabled in Parliament today will crack down on animal torture content online....

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Overwhelming support for UK's Horizon Deal

Overwhelming support for UK's Horizon Deal

Thursday, 07 September 2023

Overwhelming support for UK's Horizon Deal...

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£15 million competition to accelerate use of quantum in Government

£15 million competition to accelerate use of quantum in Government

Thursday, 07 September 2023

£15 million Quantum Catalyst Fund will accelerate the adoption of quantum solutions by the public sector....

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Industry and national security heavyweights to power UK’s Frontier AI Taskforce

Industry and national security heavyweights to power UK’s Frontier AI Taskforce

Wednesday, 06 September 2023

Leading names from national security to computer science will advise the UK government on the risks and opportunities from AI as the Frontier AI Taskf...

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UK science facility that kickstarted Covid drug development granted £500 million upgrade fund

UK science facility that kickstarted Covid drug development granted £500 million upgrade fund

Tuesday, 05 September 2023

Science and Technology Secretary announces that the Diamond Light Source science facility in Oxfordshire will be upgraded through a £500 million inves...

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£5.5 million Centre of Excellence to keep UK medicines manufacturers at the front of the global race for skills

£5.5 million Centre of Excellence to keep UK medicines manufacturers at the front of the global race for skills

Tuesday, 05 September 2023

The government is helping to grow the UK life sciences workforce by announcing £5.5 million to establish a Medicines Manufacturing Skills Centre of Ex...

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UK government sets out AI Safety Summit ambitions

UK government sets out AI Safety Summit ambitions

Monday, 04 September 2023

The AI Safety Summit will bring together key countries, technology organisations, academia and civil society....

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