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UK AI Security Institute Watch

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The UK plans to put an extra £120 million into its AI Security Institute and establish a £100 million lab using AI to detect and track biological threats, The Straits Times reports. The plans also include investment in tools to find cyber vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.

Why it matters

That gives readers a concrete look at where the government wants AI safety spending to go: model testing, biological threat detection and cyber defence. Quite a broad remit for a budget announcement, even before anyone gets near a spreadsheet. The report does not specify how much of the cyber investment is allocated to those tools.

Discuss: Should governments prioritise dedicated AI safety institutions, or spend more directly on protecting public infrastructure?

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    The UK’s wider AI-security funding plan includes £130 million for cyber-defence projects covering critical infrastructure and the wider economy, Reuters reports in an article carried by The Economic Times. The named initiatives are the National Cyber Shield and the National Exposure and Real-Time Vulnerability Centre.

    The package also includes £60 million for a fund investing in British companies using AI to advance robotics, autonomous systems and manufacturing. A further £60 million is earmarked for AI research and procurement contracts, with £23 million for research into AI’s economic impact.

    The report says OpenAI and Anthropic will offer up to £200 million in model credits for the biosecurity initiative, while Google DeepMind and Basecamp Research will provide other assistance.

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    • UK government sets out $800 million for AI security funding - The Economic Times: Reuters reports that the UK’s approximately £600 million AI-security funding package includes £130 million for cyber-defence initiatives, £60 million for an AI-and-robotics investment fund, additional AI research and procurement spending, and up to £200 million in model credits from OpenAI and Anthropic for the biosecurity initiative.

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