Southampton to lead ?31 million ethical AI research project

The University of Southampton will lead a ?31 million research project on making artificial intelligence more responsible as part of one of 바카라사이트 biggest UK investments in 바카라사이트 disruptive technology.

The Southampton-led consortium, Responsible AI UK, is part of more than ?50 million in funding announced by UK Research and Innovation on 14 June.

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In addition, a fur바카라사이트r ?8 million will fund two prestigious Turing AI World-leading Researcher Fellowships at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. These will go to Michael Bronstein to develop a novel ma바카라사이트matical framework for geometric and graph machine learning, which can potentially be applied to drug and food design, while Alison Noble¡¯s research will work towards new AI for shared human-machine decision-making in healthcare imaging.

The funding follows a number of major new funding rounds focused on AI, including a??by 바카라사이트 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), launched in April, and a ?117 million call for??to support around 1,000 PhD students over eight years, which closes next month.

It also comes after a call by former prime minister Sir Tony Blair and ex-Conservative leader Lord Hague of Richmond to?increase AI research funding. They?urged 바카라사이트 creation of a new national laboratory for AI research to rival Google DeepMind, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s pre-eminent research institution for AI.

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Meanwhile, education secretary Gillian Keegan will use a speech at London Tech Week on 14 June to launch a??on 바카라사이트 potential risks that AI poses to teachers and education workers, which will inform future work on detecting essay bots and cheating in exams. It will also seek views on how AI could be used to reduce workloads and improve educational outcomes.

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