UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power

'Sunrise' beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physics

The UK government is splashing out £45 million (c $60 million) on a new AI-driven supercomputer designed to help scientists model the chaotic physics of nuclear fusion, with the system expected to come online this summer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA) Culham campus.…