£100m Funding Boost for Alan Turing Institute to Advance UK as AI Superpower
• £100m in extra funding for the Alan Turing Institute announced in upcoming budget • Funding to advance research in healthcare, environment, and security over 5 years • Part of aim to establish UK as a science and AI superpower like Silicon Valley • Chancellor sees AI as way to improve productivity and unlock economic growth • Turing Institute works with academia, industry, government on real world challenges like shipping emissions and health data