The agency, previously the AI Safety Institute, will have a renewed focus on crime and national security.
Britain’s AI Safety Institute will drop its focus on bias and free speech to concentrate on crime and national security issues, the Technology Secretary will announce on Friday.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Kyle said: “The changes I’m announcing today represent the logical next step in how we approach responsible AI development – helping us to unleash AI and grow the economy as part of our plan for change.” Established in 2023, then-prime minister Rishi Sunak said the institute would “advance the world’s knowledge of AI safety”, including exploring “all the risks from social harms like bias and misinformation, through to the most extreme risks of all”.
The refocusing on security is expected to include addressing how AI can be used to develop chemical and biological weapons, carry out cyber attacks and enable crimes such as fraud and child sexual abuse. Also on Friday, Mr Kyle announced a new partnership between the UK and Anthropic, a San Francisco-based AI company, the first deal involving the Government’s new sovereign AI unit.
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