The UK government announced an approximately £600 million, or nearly $800 million, funding package focused on biological and cyber threats linked to artificial intelligence. The plan includes a new AI Biosecurity Lab, which will receive £100 million, along with £65 million for developing pathogen countermeasures. OpenAI and Anthropic will provide up to £200 million in model credits, while £130 million will fund cyberdefence and £120 million will support the AI Security Institute. The package also includes £60 million for robotics and autonomous systems, £60 million for research and public procurement contracts, £23 million for studying AI’s economic impact, £18 million for a chip design academy and £15 million for AI solutions to public policy challenges.
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