UK drops 'safety' from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic | TechCrunch

The U.K. government is transitioning its AI initiatives from an emphasis on issues such as existential risks and biases in AI learning to a stronger focus on cybersecurity. This change includes renaming the AI Safety Institute to the AI Security Institute, to enhance safeguards against AI-related threats to national security and crime. Furthermore, a partnership with Anthropic aims to explore the use of their AI assistant, Claude, in improving public services, reflecting the government’s intent to leverage AI for efficiency and accessibility.

AI has the potential to transform how governments serve their citizens. We look forward to exploring how Anthropic's AI assistant could help UK government agencies enhance public services.

As part of a hard pivot, the U.K. government is renaming the AI Safety Institute to the AI Security Institute, focusing on cybersecurity and national security risks.

Read at TechCrunch