{"id":236339,"date":"2026-06-24T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:00:12","slug":"uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"UK backs two new AI labs to drive cheaper and more accessible technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openaccessgovernment.org\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/210902\/\">UK backs two new AI labs to drive cheaper and more accessible technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openaccessgovernment.org\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/210902\/\">https:\/\/www.openaccessgovernment.org\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/210902\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-24 06:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.openaccessgovernment.org\">www.openaccessgovernment.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The UK government has allocated up to \u00a360 million over six years to establish two AI research labs at the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL).<\/li>\n<li>The funding aims to make advanced AI systems less expensive, more reliable, and easier for organizations to adopt, enhancing the UK&#8217;s global standing in AI research and innovation.<\/li>\n<li>The labs receive support from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), with access to substantial computing power.<\/li>\n<li>One of the labs, SOFAIR at UCL, will focus on creating open-source AI technologies for more common computational systems, reducing infrastructure dependency.<\/li>\n<li>The other lab, BOLD at Oxford, will study AI efficiency and adaptability to new environments, enhancing practical applications in sectors like infrastructure and public services.<\/li>\n<li>Both labs aim to complement each other and foster advanced techniques in the fundamental design and functionality of AI systems.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative includes investment in talent development, supporting doctoral students, and early-career researchers to build the country&#8217;s AI workforce.<\/li>\n<li>In collaboration with other leading research institutions, the labs aim to cultivate a robust national research ecosystem and reduce dependence on a few global tech providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK backs two new AI labs to drive cheaper and more accessible technology https:\/\/www.openaccessgovernment.org\/uk-backs-two-new-ai-labs-to-drive-cheaper-and-more-accessible-technology\/210902\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.openaccessgovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iStock-2200534682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236343,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236339\/revisions\/236343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}