The UK announced a £100 million investment to build an AI biosafety lab, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. This is part of a package of measures aimed at improving the UK government's ability to recognize and respond to risks associated with artificial intelligence. According to a statement from the British government, the lab will use artificial intelligence to identify and monitor biological threats; at the same time, OpenAI and Anthropic will provide AI model computing power of up to £200 million. The lab will also collaborate with Google DeepMind and life science company Basecamp Research. The government has allocated an additional £65 million to develop responses to the pathogen. British AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said, “As artificial intelligence capabilities continue to increase, the UK must have the ability to protect its citizens and shape the future independently. This means we need to stay ahead of emerging threats such as cyber attacks and biological risk, and at the same time master more of the key technologies that national security depends on.” The announcement also includes additional funding: an additional £120 million investment in the AI Security Research Institute. The agency is the highest-funded government agency. Its core work is to continuously evaluate cutting-edge AI models; in addition, £23 million was allocated to establish an AI Economics Research Institute to analyze the economic impact of artificial intelligence.

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