Charles Barratt

Igel Director. Former Director of VMware and Omnissa. Manchester United, AI, Digital Workspace, Value Consulting, Comedy.

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

The UK is getting its own Sovereign Frontier AI Model!

It is being trained on Isambard-AI and will run with no dependence on foreign infrastructure.

The model, Lumen Sovereign, is being built by @CosineAI, one of the companies selected by the UK Government for its £500m Sovereign AI programme.

The startup is working with leading big companies (such as Babcock, BT, Lloyds LSEG, NatWest Group, PwC) to help design it.

Cosine was founded by @AlistairPullen and @yangli_ and its models have outperformed OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and DeepSeek on independent coding benchmarks for two consecutive years.

The model will be trained using compute provided by @UKSovereignAI!

Amazing stuff @Jameswise, @SuzanneAshman, @KanishkaNarayan.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@virtualhobbit @RangeRover Mate, sorry on just read this. We had exactly the same on the disco - out of warranty and engine failure - full service etc. we were quoted £15K as well. Kicked off, navigated the dealership and JLR. They footed the bill. It can be done.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@McDonaldsUK daughter had a McFlurry tonight and found this in her mouth from your McFlurry. Manager didn’t seem interested in this, no incident number, no idea how to deal with it. Look forward to hearing from you…

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@PHS_PhysEd Thanks for looking after the kids so well. Looks like you all had a great time.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@reillyusa 👏 now if you’re talking about the Epsom Derby, that’s a whole different world. My great grandad (Steve Donohue) won that many many times all 4ft 10inches of him - clearly I didn’t get the genes! He never used at whip.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@VirtualJames @C64Reposts I know the problem with that C64 - water damage. That’s what’s making the keyboard act up. 😉

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

William Barratt big 8th birthday -let’s hear them engines roar!!! #hotwheelsmonstertruckslive

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@guyrleech @AldiUK To be fair, it does look Delish… 😋

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@Spoinster You been busy in those flights mate.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@rosyposyx_ @coldplay @TicketmasterUK Yeah just read that, only 4 hours of waiting...

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

Anyone elses queue for @coldplay tickets stuck also? hasn't moved for about 30 mins??? @TicketmasterUK whats going on? #coldplay #ticketmaster

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@oasis @TicketmasterUK @TheLastLeg @MENnewsdesk my son has been in the queue since 8:30, he gets to the front selects accessibility tickets (showing as available) and he’s kicked out and set back to the end of the queue. First concert for him and he gets this…

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@TicketmasterUK @oasis @MENnewsdesk my son has been online in the queue since 8:30. He got to choose accessibility tickets for his disability and your system kicked him out and set him to the back of the queue.. nice work, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@TonHermes @MufcWonItAll2 I know!!!! It’s amazing, thanks for sharing!

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@VirtualJames Got that one, and the best thing is, you can’t kill it through neglect. Get the lights for it on Amazon 👍

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

You know when you’re dealing with a serious partner when they have a meeting room decorated like @ManUtd #oldtrafford. Thanks @softcat for your time today.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

Thoroughly enjoyed today, both meeting old and new friends all focused on the goodness of EUC. Thanks for allowing me to present, and I look forward to the new sessions. 👍

[EUC Forum @eucforumuk]

Hello Liverpool! Our Summer Meeting kicks off at 09:00 - when you arrive at @RCPspaces please stop by our desk in ground floor reception #eucforum #eucforum2024 #liverpool #summermeeting #cloud #devops

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@guyrleech @eucforumuk Great session Guy. Enjoyed the banter and the top tips!👍

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@JoeBaguley Sounds like a blend of two songs smashed into a sentence there. Looks nice.

[Charles Barratt @csbarratt]

@Spoinster Wow, I’ve heard there is an increase of them around this year!