UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan said on Monday in London the UK has worked closely with the US to ensure the UK's AI Safety Institute can continue to secure pre-release testing access to the most powerful AI models. Reports last month said the Trump administration had asked OpenAI and ANTHROPIC to pause providing models to the UK until US authorities first deemed them safe. Earlier this year the US government barred ANTHROPIC from releasing its latest model to foreign citizens. Reports also said

2026-10-12

UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan said on Monday in London the UK has worked closely with the US to ensure the UK's AI Safety Institute can continue to secure pre-release testing access to the most powerful AI models. Reports last month said the Trump administration had asked OpenAI and ANTHROPIC to pause providing models to the UK until US authorities first deemed them safe. Earlier this year the US government barred ANTHROPIC from releasing its latest model to foreign citizens. Reports also said ANTHROPIC did not provide the latest version of its powerful MYTHOS model to the UK AI Safety Institute and offered no explanation.