Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The UK has negotiated major global initiatives, including the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI – the first legally binding international AI treaty; the UN Independent Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance; and the In...

As AI systems become more capable, autonomous, and widely deployed, ensuring they remain under human control becomes critical. The Government’s world-leading AI Security Institute (AISI) is examining how to ensure advanced AI systems follow human goa...

Public and private organisations deploying AI remain accountable for discriminatory outputs, regardless of whether the bias arises from data, model design or system use.

So-called AI ‘romantic companion’ chatbots – designed to simulate sexual relationships or roleplay with users – will have to enforce a minimum age of 18.

At the first-ever AI Adoption Summit, government is bringing together major tech companies, trade unions and industry leaders to drive the adoption of AI in ways that boost growth while creating new opportunities for workers and supporting them with ...

AI chatbot services whose primary purpose is to provide sexual relationships to their users will not be available to children under 18. Access to general purpose chatbots will not be age gated. However, to access features on general purpose models th...

The Institute will assess both opportunities and risks under a range of scenarios. It will examine how AI is affecting productivity, labour markets, and growth. A key consideration will be whether AI gains are broadly shared across regions, income gr...

The Project combines grant funding for research, access to compute infrastructure, and ongoing academic mentorship from AISI’s own leading scientists in the field to drive progress in alignment research.

The available evidence does not yet provide clear answers to many of the questions that matter most for policy.