Also on Friday, Mr Kyle announced a new partnership between the UK and Anthropic, a San Francisco-based AI company, the first deal involving the Government’s new sovereign AI unit.
Crime and security concerns already form part of the institute’s remit, but it currently also covers wider societal impacts of artificial intelligence, the risk of AI becoming autonomous and the effectiveness of safety measures for AI systems.
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said: “We look forward to exploring how Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude could help UK Government agencies enhance public services, with the goal of discovering new ways to make vital information and services more efficient and accessible to UK residents.”.
Britain’s AI Safety Institute will drop its focus on bias and free speech to concentrate on crime and national security issues, the Technology Secretary will announce on Friday.
The agency will also be rebranded as the AI Security Institute (AISI), emphasising its renewed focus on crime and security issues.
