Andrew Bailey on Require AI labs to publish safety evalu…

Andrew Bailey

Governor of the Bank of England.

We need much stronger co-ordination of testing of frontier models before they go into wide circulation. This needs to be co-ordinated internationally because no country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today. Such co-ordinated testing needs to start at the level of public authorities.

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Andrew Bailey, “Growth and regulation,” Bank of England, July 14, 2026.

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified Quote urges internationally coordinated public-authority testing before wide circulation; it strongly supports pre-deployment safety evaluations. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote calls for pre-circulation frontier-model testing by public authorities, supporting the proposal. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Bank of England speech, 14 Jul 2026, contains the quoted wording (paras. on frontier-model testing). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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