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The UK government has shelved unfunded plans to allocate £1.3 billion to the country's tech sector, calling the decision "difficult but necessary."
The money includes £800 million intended to build an exascale computer at Edinburgh University and £500 million for AI Research Resource, a facility launched last year to provide AI-specialised com...
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