https://it-news.uk/tags/oxford/ Recent content in Oxford on IT News Hugo en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/uk-government-60m-ai-labs-open-source/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/uk-government-60m-ai-labs-open-source/ <p>The United Kingdom is placing a bold bet on open-source artificial intelligence, announcing a £60 million (approximately RMB 539 million) investment to establish two dedicated AI laboratories at the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL). The initiative is explicitly designed to develop AI models that run on lower hardware requirements — a direct challenge to the resource-intensive, proprietary systems that have given American technology giants a commanding lead in the field.</p>