Staff fear UK’s Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse
AUG 12 - Staff at the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have warned the charity is at risk of collapse, after Technology Secretary Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Staff at the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, the national artificial intelligence (AI) institute, fear its collapse after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw funding. A whistleblowing complaint alleges misuse of public funds and a "toxic internal culture."
- The Alan Turing Institute received a £100 million grant last year.
- The complaint was submitted anonymously by "concerned staff members" to the Charity Commission.
- Peter Kyle wants the institute to pivot its focus to defence research and overhaul its leadership.
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