UK announces £100 million AI Biosecurity Lab
Britain announced funding for a lab to detect biological threats and accelerate work on medical countermeasures. OpenAI and Anthropic committed up to £200 million in compute and model credits; the wider package includes £120 million more for the AI Security Institute and £130 million for two cyber-defence projects.
ThereforeThe plans fund dedicated teams to test frontier models and search for vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.
GOV.UK funding announcement · GOV.UK Biosecurity Lab · BBC · Reuters