£55bln for A.I /science R and D30 Oct 2025 08:50
Alliance News) - Climate science and AI safety are among the sectors receiving funding as part of a GBP55 billion boost for research & development, the UK government has said.
The long-term funding will be available for UK research agencies and bodies to support R&D in a range of sectors areas including clean energy and health, the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, DSIT, said on Thursday.
The funding allocations confirmed on Thursday come from the GBP86 billion package for science and technology R&D announced by the chancellor at the spending review in June, the DSIT added.
Science & Technology Secretary Liz Kendall marked the announcement with a visit to tech titan IBM Corp's London office on Wednesday, where she toured facilities and admired a robotic dog and a quantum computer.
The company is currently working in partnership with publicly-funded researchers looking at how AI and supercomputing could be used to discover new medicines and breakthroughs in clean energy, the DSIT said.