UK shelves £1.3bn of funding for technology and AI projects

Britain’s first next-generation supercomputer, planned by Tories, in doubt after Labour government move

The new Labour government has shelved £1.3bn of funding pledged by the Conservatives for technology and artificial intelligence projects, putting the future of the UK’s first next-generation supercomputer in doubt.

The projects, announced last year, include £800m for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh and a further £500m for the AI Research Resource, which funds computing power for AI.