UK to pour $160M more into AI testing lab, dwarfing US counterpart's budget
dc_lawrence · x · 2026-10-29
Per reporting by Ashley Gold, Britain plans to add roughly £120 million ($160M) to its government lab that tests the world's most powerful AI models — over 10x the annual budget of its US counterpart. UK officials frame it as backing the country's strategic position in AI, contrasting with the US where federal AI evaluation funding is smaller and spread across agencies.
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