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University of Edinburgh: Artificial Intelligence |
| Question ID: |
1814770 |
| UIN: |
HL8670 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role the planned AI supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh will have in driving artificial intelligence innovation across the UK; and what is the proposed timescale for its deploy |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-03 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
As outlined in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, the Government committed to increase the UK’s AI compute capacity by twentyfold by 2030.That is why we have committed £1 billion to deliver this expansion and up to a further £750m for a new national superc... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |