Choblin(@choblin29):🚨BREAKING: The Alan Turing Institute has developed a proposal to train an open-source British AI base model from scratch and release it as a public good, according to a UK government advisory letter published today. The model would be UK-governed national infrastructure available to researchers, startups and public services, rather than a proprietary product owned by a single company. Britain's top science advisers want ministers to consider the proposal and allocate national computing capacity for AI trials. They warn that without urgent action, the UK risks becoming a 'high-value AI customer' rather than a country able to shape the technology.

2026.10.19 16:54

🚨BREAKING: The Alan Turing Institute has developed a proposal to train an open-source British AI base model from scratch and release it as a public good, according to a UK government advisory letter published today. The model would be UK-governed national infrastructure available to researchers, startups and public services, rather than a proprietary product owned by a single company. Britain's top science advisers want ministers to consider the proposal and allocate national computing capacity for AI trials. They warn that without urgent action, the UK risks becoming a 'high-value AI customer' rather than a country able to shape the technology.