The UK will invest about £600m (about $800m) in AI safety targeting biological, health and cyber threats, the government said. Planned allocations include £100m to build an AI biosecurity laboratory, £65m for pathogen-response R&D, £120m for the existing AI Safety Institute, £130m to strengthen cyber defenses for critical infrastructure and the wider economy, and £60m to support AI-driven robotics, automation and manufacturing firms, alongside funding for AI research, chip design, medical policy

The UK will invest about £600m (about $800m) in AI safety targeting biological, health and cyber threats, the government said. Planned allocations include £100m to build an AI biosecurity laboratory, £65m for pathogen-response R&D, £120m for the existing AI Safety Institute, £130m to strengthen cyber defenses for critical infrastructure and the wider economy, and £60m to support AI-driven robotics, automation and manufacturing firms, alongside funding for AI research, chip design, medical policy innovation and local AI projects. OpenAI and Anthropic will provide up to £200m of model-use credits, and Google DeepMind and other firms will also contribute support.