The UK government has begun talks with technology companies Nvidia, AMD and Intel to acquire advanced chips dedicated to developing artificial intelligence (AI) systems. worth 100 million pounds sterlingwhich means at the current exchange rate about 117 million euros, revealed the newspaper “The Telegraph” today, Sunday.
UK Public Authority for Research and Innovation (UKRI) is in The advanced stage of the process is to order 5,000 units The paper points to a graphics processor (GPU) for Nvidia, whose components give life to AI language models such as ChatGPT. The new chips bought by the UK will be used in a new artificial intelligence research center that is expected to start operating next summer.
In parallel, the Executive has allocated 100 million pounds sterling (117 million euros) to fund the construction The working group that will assess security issues About using templates like ChatGPT and Google Bard. Among the plans to promote the development of artificial intelligence, the government is also evaluating the possibility of its development A new “chatbot” that can help improve public services Like the health system, the Telegraph noted.
The Financial Times revealed last week that Saudi Arabia has bought at least 3000 Nvidia H100 processor, specially designed for training artificial intelligence systems. Tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google They are also in the running to source thousands of these ingredientswhose demand is very high, while the United States has vetoed its sale to China.
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