India, May 27 -- Building on a new deal signed with the European Union, the UK government has launched plans for a new AI collaboration with Europe.

Healthcare treatments, clean energy technologies and advanced breakthroughs that could transform lives across the UK are within reach, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said in a press release.

From Tuesday, public research organisations can apply to host the UK's AI Factory Antenna - a facility that, if approved, would link British research expertise to its advanced supercomputers across Europe.

This expression of interest, open to individual public research organisations or consortia, will identify the UK's government-backed bid to apply to EuroHPC's call - with up to 5...