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The UK government has announced a £100 million fund for AI startups to develop solutions for public services such as healthcare, cyber security, and defence, with contracts ranging from £250,000 to £10 million. The new AI Economics Institute led by MIT professor Simon Johnson will also open for collaboration with G7 partners.
South Korea has selected three consortia led by SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao to build free basic AI services for all citizens, with government support including Nvidia GPUs and a requirement for using domestic AI models.
Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government to develop an AI-powered planning prototype using Gemini, aiming to halve the time for processing householder planning applications and help build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.