UK announces £600m+ AI package spanning biosecurity, AISI funding, chip design
HaydnBelfield · x · 2026-10-24
The British government announced a major AI investment package, unveiled by Chancellor John Healey and minister Kanishka Narayan, whose two tests are "Is it safe? And is it ours to shape?":
- £165m: National AI Biosecurity Initiative, incl. £100m for a new AI Biosecurity Lab to detect emerging biological threats
- £120m: Additional funding for the AI Security Institute (AISI) for AI risk research and evaluation
- £70m: NERV Centre for real-time vulnerability identification in critical infrastructure
- £60m: National Cyber Shield for cyber defence
- £60m: UK Sovereign AI for physical and industrial AI
- £60m: R&D procurement scheme for AI security and NHS innovations
- £30m: Mayoral AI Partnerships for local business adoption
- £23m: AI Economics Institute researching AI's effects on productivity and employment
- £18m: UK Advanced Chip Design Academy
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