How big does a supercomputer need to be really

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Interviews, News, Silicon Valley, Business News, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Business Analysis, Ai, Unknown, Technology

4.9 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Danny is joined by the Times' Technology correspondent Mark Sellman whio has been spending time with the UK's newest supercomputer, Isambard AI, which has become the world's 11th most powerful supercomputer and could be used to develop British LLMs (Large Language Models). Plus, flirtatious or insulting AI companions, and a government plan to ban businesses from paying hackers ransoms.

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0:48.8	Hello and welcome to the Times Tech podcast with me, Danny Fortson, my usual partner in crime,
0:56.8	Katie Prescott. She's still away. So I've roped in a new friend to keep me company my criteria was it was very strict they had to be in london love technology and know nothing about cricket the same as myself
1:04.0	so i'm very lucky to have found mark selman the times technology correspondent hello mark hello and thanks for having me except for the fact i know Mark Selman, the Times Technology Correspondent. Hello, Mark.
1:11.5	Hello, and thanks for having me, except for the fact I know a little bit about cricket.
1:16.7	Well, actually, I should say, I know a little bit, you know, emphasis on little.
1:21.5	I probably know a bit more than you, actually, yeah.
1:24.1	I'm guessing so.
1:25.1	Am I still invited?
1:26.4	You are, you are, you're safe, you're safe.
1:28.7	Well, look, I hear this week, you've been doing some very cool stuff.
1:32.0	You've been off visiting one of the world's newest supercomputers.
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