AMD Announces Plans with the British Open-ended Learning and Discovery Lab at University of Oxford to Advance UK Frontier AI Research

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News Highlights:

  • AMD would support open academic frontier AI research at BOLD, a new U.K. research lab led by the University of Oxford.

  • AMD would explore providing up to 5 million pounds in compute resources for BOLD researchers during the 18 months following the lab’s launch.

  • AMD and BOLD researchers would explore collaboration spanning compute access, open-source software and model optimization.

LONDON, Aug. 12, 2026 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Oxford to support open academic frontier artificial intelligence research conducted by the British Open-ended Learning and Discovery Lab (BOLD). BOLD is a U.K.-based AI research lab led by the University of Oxford that brings together researchers affiliated with the University of Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London.

The MOU focuses on BOLD’s research into paradigm-breaking discoveries in fundamental AI. Together, AMD and BOLD researchers intend to explore initiatives spanning compute access, software optimization, research collaboration and open-source development. BOLD researchers anticipate experiments to explore model training techniques beyond backpropagation, discovery using multiagent systems and adaptive physical AI.

“BOLD aims to advance a more open, efficient and human-centered path for AI through collaboration between academia and industry. Working with AMD, the University of Oxford would combine world-leading research with computing technology to test ideas, learn quickly and translate breakthroughs into applications. This support would help BOLD develop approaches to learning, human-AI collaboration and embodied intelligence while expanding open access to computing resources that benefit science, healthcare, education, transportation and public services globally.” — Associate Professor Jakob Foerster, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

“Through our memorandum of understanding with the BOLD lab, AMD is exploring bringing together advanced computing, open software and technical expertise to help researchers pursue ambitious new frontiers in AI. By expanding access to compute and supporting open academic research, our aim would be to help BOLD researchers accelerate experimentation and contribute to the U.K.’s leadership in AI innovation and scientific discovery.” — Thomas Zacharia, senior vice president, Global Public Sector and Strategic Partnerships at AMD

As part of the MOU, AMD would provide up to 5 million pounds in compute resources for BOLD researchers. Support would be provided through infrastructure maintained by AMD, cloud service providers, public-sector partnerships and hardware contributions. The support would span a phased research program with Phase 1 focusing on broad exploratory experiments, and later phases deepening select research directions and validating the most promising ideas.

AMD would work with BOLD researchers across the AI technology stack, exploring novel ways to optimize AI workloads using AMD’s open software ecosystem. The ecosystem which the MOU projects would be built on permissively licensed open-source projects such as AMD ROCm™ software, aligning closely with BOLD’s commitment to open science. AMD would help BOLD researchers publish research software, benchmarks, evaluation tools and other artifacts while contributing performance improvements and new capabilities upstream to the wider open-source community.

Through this collective work, AMD, the University of Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London aim to expand access to advanced compute, support ambitious open research and help strengthen the U.K. AI research ecosystem. This MOU builds on existing AMD work with leading U.K. institutions, including the University of Cambridge on the Zenith supercomputer and Sovereign AI Innovation Lab, and Imperial College London on advanced AI and high-performance computing research.

About BOLD

The British Open-ended Learning and Discovery (BOLD) Lab, led by Professor Jakob Foerster at the University of Oxford and combining researchers from Oxford, UCL and Imperial College London, will fundamentally rethink how AI systems learn.

Where today’s AI can struggle with real-world complexity, BOLD will develop systems capable of working alongside humans, navigating physical environments and operating without vast centralized computing power.

The lab will be built around three ambitious research pillars: new learning algorithms, human-centered AI and embodied systems such as robots.

The lab will translate breakthroughs into open-source tools and will encourage commercial spinouts.

About the University of Oxford

Oxford University has been placed number 1 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth year running, and number 3 in the QS World Rankings 2024. At the heart of this success are the twin-pillars of our ground-breaking research and innovation and our distinctive educational offer.

Oxford is world-famous for research and teaching excellence and home to some of the most talented people from across the globe. Our work helps the lives of millions, solving real-world problems through a huge network of partnerships and collaborations. The breadth and interdisciplinary nature of our research alongside our personalised approach to teaching sparks imaginative and inventive insights and solutions.

Through its research commercialisation arm, Oxford University Innovation, Oxford is the highest university patent filer in the UK and is ranked first in the UK for university spinouts, having created more than 300 new companies since 1988. Over a third of these companies have been created in the past five years. The university is a catalyst for prosperity in Oxfordshire and the United Kingdom, contributing around £16.9 billion to the UK economy in 2021/22, and supports more than 90,400 full time jobs.

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