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Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research

The Guardian Australia - Technology · 14 October 2026 at 9:10 pm

Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research

Pledge spanning five years from world’s most valuable firm comes as concerns about AI agents have risen The $5.5tn (£4.1tn) US chipmaker Nvidia is donating $250m worth of computing power to the UK to support AI safety research.

The donation from the world’s most valuable company comes as the UK government confirmed its AI Security Institute, which tests advance AI models, will be able to examine cutting-edge technology developed by companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google before they are released.

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Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research

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