Nvidia will donate computing access worth $250 million over five years to UK researchers working on agentic AI safety and security. Most of the compute goes to the wider UK safety community, with named portions for Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London.
Microsoft on October 12 unveiled Azure Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI accelerator. The inference-focused chip promises 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems, with production deployments starting in 2027.