The UK wants to build a homegrown competitor to OpenAI

The UK government has just announced plans to create a domestic competitor to OpenAI and dramatically increase the national computing infrastructure. “Keir Starmer”, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, had previously announced that he intends to turn this country into a hub for the development of artificial intelligence.

OpenAI is currently one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies and offers the ChatGPT chatbot. The UK government is looking to create a homegrown competitor to OpenAI to focus more on AI development in the country. According to CNBC, the British Prime Minister will announce his plans in this regard on Monday during his visit to Bristol.

UK establishes homegrown rival OpenAI

The plan proposed by the British government is a continuation of the “Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan” previously presented by Matt Clifford, a British investor active in the field of technology. The plan aims to help the UK harness the potential of artificial intelligence.

The Starmer government last year scrapped £1.300m of taxpayer funding for two key computing schemes to prioritize other funding programmes. 2 projects considered by the British government in the field of artificial intelligence will include the establishment of a research center and the launch of an Exa scale supercomputer.

Of course, the British government is also facing challenges to create a native OpenAI competitor. Previously, several British entrepreneurs had complained about the lack of financial support in this country and the difficulty of raising funds. Many British founders and venture capitalists have asked the country’s pension funds to allocate more of their portfolios to riskier, growth-focused startups.

As the UK government launches a project to turn the country into a hub for artificial intelligence development, pressure is mounting on UK-based social platforms to implement new online safety rules. The UK government recently warned tech companies that the rules are non-negotiable and must be enforced.