FT: Multiple UK AI Safety Institute Staff Off Work With Stress, Undergoing Counselling
lxrjl · x · 2026-09-22
Per an FT exclusive, multiple staff at the UK AI Safety Institute—the global leader in independent frontier model testing—have been signed off work with stress and are undergoing counselling, highlighting mounting pressure on frontier-model evaluation teams.
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