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Edinburgh research organisation receives £3.6 million for AI health project
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Edinburgh research organisation receives £3.6 million for AI health project

An Edinburgh-based research organisation has been awarded £3.6m from Scottish Enterprise for a project that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve medical scans and speed up data analysis.

Canon Medical Research Europe’s (CMRE) new project will cost around £14m in total, and is expected to benefit both patients and health services.

Source: Business Insider

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University set to host £750m national supercomputer
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University set to host £750m national supercomputer

The University of Edinburgh has been announced as the home of the UK's next national supercomputer.

The significant investment represents a huge endorsement of the University and its future as a world-leader in supercomputing and AI, recognising the strength and value of Edinburgh’s expertise. 

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Chancellor confirms £750 million for Edinburgh supercomputer
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Chancellor confirms £750 million for Edinburgh supercomputer

Scotland will be home to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, with the Chancellor confirming up to £750m to build it at the University of Edinburgh. The announcement comes ahead of today's Spending Review and as the Prime Minister kicked off London Tech Week by unveiling £1bn of extra funding to scale up the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) computing power.

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Artificial intelligence supports pig welfare
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Artificial intelligence supports pig welfare

A combination of tracking technology and social mapping that reveals how pigs build relationships over time could inform welfare strategies. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been combined with techniques to map animals’ interactions, to gain insights into pigs’ social relationships. Scientists at the Roslin Institute, in collaboration with industrial partners PIC and an international research team, examined how pigs associated with one another over time by using technology to analyse their proximity during social interactions.

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AI biosecurity tool could help save farmers time
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AI biosecurity tool could help save farmers time

Scientists are developing a new webtool which will use Artificial Intelligence to give time-pressured farmers tailored advice on how to protect their livestock from disease.

The device is being developed in a project by SRUC and Moredun which would quickly summarise official documentation on animal biosecurity, and deliver detail most relevant to an individual farmer’s needs at the time.

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