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Labour scrap ‘unfunded’ £1.3 billion AI and tech investment programme

LABOUR has scrapped a £1.3 billion investment implemented by the previous Conservative government for tech and AI projects.

The programme included £800 million for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh.

Another £500m was for the AI Research Resource, a scheme which helps fund computing power for AI.

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