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The UK government announced it will fund a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) with £100m in Wednesday's Budget, describing it as a 'world first' institute to counter biological and AI-enabled threats. OpenAI and Anthropic will support the effort with £200m worth of AI model credits, though specific details about the lab's structure and remit have not yet been released.
UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan told the BBC that artificial intelligence tools have been used to uncover around 500 previously unknown vulnerabilities across government systems. The disclosure came as organisations worldwide raced to patch a separate critical cyber-security flaw capable of affecting millions of websites.
King Charles hosted a gathering of AI executives and officials at Dumfries House in Scotland, including representatives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, the UK's AI Minister and a Vatican advisor, to discuss how artificial intelligence could benefit society. He told attendees that the technology's creators are increasingly warning of its potential to develop darker capabilities, and stressed the urgency of addressing the existential risks of AI falling into the wrong hands.