tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2024-05-22T11:42:16+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/secretary-of-state-michelle-donelan-opens-the-ai-seoul-summit 2024-05-22T11:42:16+01:00

Speech delivered by Michelle Donelan on day 2 of the AI Seoul Summit, on Wednesday 22 May.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/tech-secretary-unveils-85-million-research-funding-set-to-break-new-grounds-in-ai-safety-testing 2024-05-22T00:00:00+01:00

Up to £8.5 million of government research grants will be offered to improve society’s resilience to the risks arising from the development of new AI technologies.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-commitmentto-deepen-work-on-severe-ai-risks-concludes-ai-seoul-summit 2024-05-22T00:00:00+01:00

Nations across the world have signed up to developing proposals for assessing AI risks over the coming months, in a set of agreements that bring the AI Seoul Summit to an end.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/global-leaders-agree-to-launch-first-international-network-of-ai-safety-institutes-to-boost-understanding-of-ai 2024-05-21T00:00:00+01:00

Nations commit to work together to launch international network to accelerate the advancement of the science of AI safety.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/ai-technology-to-help-cut-cancer-waiting-lists 2024-05-21T00:00:00+01:00

Game-changing AI technology will be rolled out to all radiography departments in England in a matter of weeks � backed by £15.5 million in new Government funding.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/historic-first-as-companies-spanning-north-america-asia-europe-and-middle-east-agree-safety-commitments-on-development-of-ai 2024-05-21T00:00:00+01:00

New commitments to develop AI safely have been agreed with 16 AI tech companies spanning the globe.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/governments-trailblazing-institute-for-ai-safety-to-open-doors-in-san-francisco 2024-05-20T00:00:00+01:00

Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan announces first AI Safety Institute overseas office in San Francisco.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/safety-of-advanced-ai-under-the-spotlight-in-first-ever-independent-international-scientific-report 2024-05-17T14:00:02+01:00

The first iteration of the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI has been published today.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-joins-european-super-computing-scheme-as-world-class-british-researchers-now-able-to-bid-for-funding 2024-05-13T08:00:04+01:00

British researchers, businesses and academics will have enhanced access to future supercomputer research funding from today (Monday 13 May) as the UK joins the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC).

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/ai-safety-institute-releases-new-ai-safety-evaluations-platform 2024-05-10T13:08:13+01:00

The AI Safety Institute has open released a new testing platform to strengthen AI safety evaluations.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/ai-opportunity-forum-holds-penultimate-meeting 2024-05-09T17:01:10+01:00

The AI Opportunity Forum has held the second of its 3 planned, formal meetings.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/vote-of-confidence-in-uk-economy-as-british-ai-company-wayve-secures-over-1-billion-to-develop-ai-for-self-driving-vehicles 2024-05-07T00:00:00+01:00

British AI company Wayve announces $1.05 billion investment to develop the next generation of AI-powered self-driving vehicles

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-to-launch-new-consultation-to-protect-uk-universities-from-security-threats 2024-04-26T17:43:08+01:00

The Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden, yesterday announced his intention to launch a consultation on measures to protect UK universities from national security threats posed by foreign states.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/dsit-bolsters-its-leadership-team-to-drive-uks-science-and-tech-superpower-mission 2024-04-23T09:00:07+01:00

Leading experts have been appointed to oversee the department's work to transform the UK into a science and technology superpower.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/secretary-of-state-speech-at-the-manufacturing-technologies-association-exhibition-birmingham 2024-04-17T15:53:17+01:00

A speech delivered by Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Michelle Donelan, at the Manufacturing Technologies Association exhibition on Tuesday 16 April.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-and-republic-of-korea-to-build-on-legacy-of-bletchley-park 2024-04-12T00:00:00+01:00

UK and Republic of Korea forging ahead with plans for the AI Seoul Summit on 21 and 22 May.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-united-states-announce-partnership-on-science-of-ai-safety 2024-04-02T08:27:28+01:00

The UK and US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see them work together to develop tests for the most advanced AI models.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-backing-leading-physicist-professor-mark-thomson-to-lead-cern 2024-04-02T00:00:00+01:00

The UK government is announcing its support for the renowned particle physicist Professor Mark Thomson, to be the next Director-General of CERN.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/major-funding-unveiled-for-cutting-edge-research-tools-that-could-halt-future-pandemics-and-protect-the-planet 2024-03-27T00:01:02+00:00

Researchers around the world will soon be able to access millions of the natural, historic specimens found in UK museums at the click of a button as part of a £473 million UK fund to enhance key research infrastructure.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-measures-to-boost-resilience-of-999-call-system 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

A government review has been published today which will help to bolster the resilience of the 999-call handling system following a technical fault in June 2023.