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High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.

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This is the official UK government hub for AI safety policy and research; important for tracking state-level institutional responses to frontier AI risks and international safety coordination efforts.

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The UK AI Safety Institute (recently rebranded as the AI Security Institute) is a government body under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology focused on minimizing risks from rapid and unexpected AI advances. It conducts and publishes safety research, international coordination reports, and policy guidance, while managing grants for systemic AI safety research.

Key Points

  • Government organization under DSIT with a mission to minimize surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid AI advances.
  • Publishes international reports on advanced AI safety, progress reports, and policy guidance documents.
  • Manages grants and partnerships focused on systemic AI safety research.
  • Recently rebranded from AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute, signaling a broadened mandate.
  • Serves as a key institutional node for UK government engagement with frontier AI safety and evaluation.

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 AI Safety Institute

 
 
 
 
 
 AI Safety Institute 
 
 

 
 Part of
 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 
 
 

 

 AI Security Institute ">
 
 
 AI Safety Institute is now called AI Security Institute 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 The AI Safety Institute’s mission is to minimise surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid and unexpected advances in AI.

 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Documents

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Guidance and regulation

 
 
 

 Systemic AI safety fast grants 
 

 

 
 
 22 May 2024
 

 
 Guidance

 

 

 

 Collaboration on the safety of AI: UK-US memorandum of understanding 
 

 

 
 
 2 April 2024
 

 
 Notice

 

 

 
 
 See all guidance and regulation
 
 
 
 
 

 
 News and communications

 
 
 

 First International AI Safety Report to inform discussions at AI Action Summit 
 

 

 
 
 29 January 2025
 

 
 Press release

 

 

 

 Ensuring trust in AI to unlock £6.5 billion over next decade 
 

 

 
 
 6 November 2024
 

 
 Press release

 

 

 
 
 See all news and communications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 Research and statistics

 
 
 

 International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI: interim report 
 

 

 
 
 22 October 2025
 

 
 Research and analysis

 

 

 

 UK AI Safety Institute: third progress report 
 

 

 
 
 5 February 2024
 

 
 Independent report

 

 

 
 
 See all research and statistics
 
 
 
 
 

 
 Policy papers and consultations

 
 
 

 AI Safety Institute: overview 
 

 

 
 
 17 January 2024
 

 
 Policy paper

 

 

 
 
 See all policy papers and consultations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 Transparency and freedom of information releases

 
 
 

 FOI2024-00388: Declarations of interest for Matt Clifford and Saul Klein 
 

 

 
 
 10 October 2024
 

 
 FOI release

 

 

 

 FOI2024-00441: Participation in the conference on frontier AI safety frameworks 
 

 

 
 
 7 October 2024
 

 
 FOI release

 

 

 
 
 See all transparency and freedom of information releases
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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