The UK government has announced an investment of approximately £600 million to address public health and security risks posed by AI, including £100 million for an AI biosafety laboratory, £65 million for pathogen preparedness, and up to £200 million in AI model credits from OpenAI and Anthropic.
On October 12, 2026, UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan is expected to deliver a speech in west London announcing stronger cyber defenses and urging frontier AI developers to take more concrete measures to ensure system security. He said the UK cannot fully rely on tech giants' self-regulation of models and stressed the need to build more sovereign AI infrastructure.