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Meta and the UK Government have joined forces to launch a £1 million ‘Open Source AI Fellowship’ program. The goal is to embed some of the UK’s most promising AI experts within Whitehall, the UK government's administrative center, to develop advanced AI tools. These tools will aim to improve government agility and contribute to the delivery of the Plan for Change. The Alan Turing Institute is also backing the fellowship.
The program intends to harness the power of open source AI models, including Meta's Llama models. These models have shown great potential for scientific and medical breakthroughs and could transform public service delivery. Fellows will work within government departments, potentially contributing to high-security use cases like AI-powered language translation for national security, or speeding up the approval process for house building by leveraging construction planning data.
The fellowship is a practical response to the growing demand for generative AI talent. It will provide engineers a chance to address high-impact public sector challenges, which aims to create transparent, sovereign AI infrastructure that can scale across departments while reducing costs and enhancing productivity. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle emphasizes the aim is to create open, practical AI tools "built for public good," focusing on delivery rather than just ideas and developing sovereign capabilities in areas like national security and critical infrastructure.
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The program intends to harness the power of open source AI models, including Meta's Llama models. These models have shown great potential for scientific and medical breakthroughs and could transform public service delivery. Fellows will work within government departments, potentially contributing to high-security use cases like AI-powered language translation for national security, or speeding up the approval process for house building by leveraging construction planning data.
The fellowship is a practical response to the growing demand for generative AI talent. It will provide engineers a chance to address high-impact public sector challenges, which aims to create transparent, sovereign AI infrastructure that can scale across departments while reducing costs and enhancing productivity. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle emphasizes the aim is to create open, practical AI tools "built for public good," focusing on delivery rather than just ideas and developing sovereign capabilities in areas like national security and critical infrastructure.
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- about.fb.com: Meta is funding a groundbreaking initiative to get some of the UK’s brightest minds in AI to apply their expertise to public services using open source models, including Meta’s Llama models.
- www.developer-tech.com: Meta and UK Government launch ‘Open Source AI Fellowship’
- Meta Newsroom: Meta is funding a groundbreaking initiative to get some of the UK’s brightest minds in AI to apply their expertise to public services using open source models, including Meta’s Llama models.
- TechInformed: Whitehall launches $1m Meta-backed AI engineer fellowship
- www.itpro.com: The UK government is working with Meta to create an AI engineering dream team to drive public sector adoption
- ComputerWeekly.com: The government has unveiled a $1m fellowship grant, backed by Meta and the Alan Turing Institute, to build technology for public services.
- techinformed.com: Whitehall launches $1m Meta-backed AI engineer fellowship
Classification:
- HashTags: #Meta #OpenSourceAI #UKGovernment
- Company: Meta
- Target: Public Services
- Product: Llama
- Feature: Open Source AI Fellowship
- Type: AI
- Severity: Informative