AGP Executive Report
Last update: 38 minutes agoAI Investment: The Budget puts £700m behind AI and sovereign technology, with faster grid access for data centres conditional on UK jobs and benefits for local communities. It also funds an £18m chip-design academy in Edinburgh and £20m for AI hardware in South Wales. AI Safety: A separate £500m package backs AI security, including a new cyber shield and expanded safety research; £165m is earmarked for a National AI Biosecurity Initiative. Quantum Research: Suffolk has opened the UK’s largest quantum optics lab, focused on secure communications via satellite. Aerospace: Rolls-Royce and the government unveiled a £2.5bn plan to boost UK aircraft-engine manufacturing and jobs. Health Technology: A care home is using the UK’s first lab-free PCR test to identify UTI resistance genes in 60 minutes. Children and Screens: More than 70 Scottish doctors have urged limits on classroom screen use, warning that pupils’ council-issued devices often lack screen-time controls or clear guidance.
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