UK to launch £100m AI Biosecurity Lab with OpenAI and Anthropic support
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The UK will invest £100m to create a national AI Biosecurity Lab to counter emerging biological threats, backed by £200m in AI model credits from OpenAI and Anthropic.
The UK will establish a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) with £100m funding announced in Wednesday's Budget to strengthen defences against emerging biological threats. [1] [2]
OpenAI and Anthropic will provide £200m worth of AI model credits to support the lab, which AI Minister Kanishka Narayan described as a "major new global institution" bringing together world-leading scientific expertise. [2]
The government will also commit an additional £120m to the AI Security Institute, £60m to a National Cyber Shield and £70m to a National Exposure and Real-Time Vulnerability Centre. [2]
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- UK sets up AI lab to monitor biosecurity threats
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