Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
(asked on 26th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an international AI safety agency headquartered in the UK.
Answered by
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
AI is the technology driving the next global industrial revolution - creating the economic growth which is central to our Plan for Change. Through the AI opportunities action plan, we are cementing Britain's position as a world leader on AI.
The UK is committed to international cooperation on AI safety and security. The AI Security Institute is a central example of our leadership.
The Institute has one of the world's largest teams dedicated to AI security.
Technical talent is drawn from the best AI labs in the world, including: Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind. It is the first state-backed body of its kind, and its work sets the global gold standard for AI security.
It partners internationally, with the US, Canada and many others to develop best practices on secure AI development.