The United Kingdom has signed a major deal with the U.S. firm Anthropic, and separately made a significant change to how it approaches AI safety.
Less than two years ago, the British government announced the foundation of the U.K. AI Safety Institute (AISI), which aimed to tackle security risks like the use of AI to make chemical or biological weapons, and the potential of humanity losing control of a superintelligent AI. The institute also had a partial focus on AI’s societal risks, like spreading misinformation and perpetuating bias.
