UK announces Meta-backed AI team to upgrade public services | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo

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The British government has formed a team of artificial intelligence specialists to create AI tools that enhance transport, public safety, and defence, funded by Meta.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to leverage AI for economic growth and boost productivity across government departments.
The team will develop open-source tools over the next year to support road and transport network maintenance, public safety management, and national security decision-making.
The AI team includes a data scientist from the Alan Turing Institute and university researchers with expertise in computer vision, machine learning, robotics-driven imaging, and safety-critical AI systems.
The initiative focuses on technologies that public bodies can operate independently of commercial, closed-source systems.
Meta pledged funding for the project, emphasizing the use of open-source models like its artificial intelligence system, Llama, to process various data types.
Government-owned tools developed from these models allow public departments to secure sensitive data internally and customize the technology as required.

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