Very proud to be leading the SOFAIR Lab ucl.ac.uk/engineering/so… with fantastic colleagues from UCL, Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge.
www.ucl.ac.uk SOFAIR Lab | Faculty of Engineering Science of Fundamental AI Research Lab (SOFAIR) is a UCL-hosted research lab bringing together researchers from four UK universities to develop the next generation of open, trustworthy AI. 🚨 2 major new AI labs in the UK 🚨View quoted post on X
3 months ago, we launched a £40m call for a fundamental AI lab in the UK.
Given the exceptional bids we received, we have doubled down: 2 new AI labs, £60m seed funding.
▪️@BOLD_LAB_AI: led by @j_foerst, with an exceptional team of @CULLYAntoine, @shimon8282, @tonizza82, Ani Calinescu & @_rockt
▪️SOFAIR: led by Prof David Barber, with a world-leading team of Mirella Lapata, @yaringal and @LourdesAgapito
The best of UK academia, government and industry, together, to make fundamental advances in AI 🚀
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