Artificial Intelligence: National Security Implications

Lord Dixon of Jericho Excerpts

Tuesday 16th June 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)]

The focus of the AI Security Institute is on its great relationships with frontier developers in order to be able to test these and provide feedback to them. Indeed, it publishes its findings so that others can see them as well, allowing people to address those risks. As I mentioned before, we are in touch with the US Government, but it is not for me to talk about what the US Government do in terms of their export control decisions.

[Lord Dixon of Jericho (LD)]

My noble friend Lord Clement-Jones is right that this is about investment, but it is also about people. The Minister touched on visas briefly. Given that many of the leading researchers in the US are deeply concerned about the way the US Administration are taking action in this area, what practical steps are the Government taking to ensure that the UK is attractive to the very best AI researchers in the world?

[Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)]

The noble Lord is spot on to highlight this point. On the approach that the sovereign AI fund is taking, it is investing. We are also providing access to compute, and we are able to support visas. The Global Talent Taskforce is looking to support researchers and expert scientists from around the world to bring them to the UK.