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The UK has switched on Isambard-AI near Bristol, a national AI supercomputer designed to give researchers and businesses access to high-end compute without relying solely on private hyperscale clouds. Together with Cambridge’s Dawn system, it anchors the UK’s AI Research Resource, a programme that aims to widen access to state-of-the-art hardware and shorten the path from lab breakthroughs to consumer-facing products. The stakes are simple. If compute is the fuel of modern AI, will this new public pump actually change the day-to-day experience of maps, photos, streaming, health tools and climate-aware services on your phone? What Isambard-AI is, in plain…