Google DeepMind, the UK-based research arm of the US tech giant, has cut academic donations as the race to outcompete rivals in the nascent AI sector continues to pick up pace.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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