The Latest Breaking News from the Alan Turing Institute

UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes

Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money after board was reminded of legal duties by watchdog

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3

A handful of bad data can 'poison' even the largest AI models, researchers warn

A new study from Anthropic undermines the AI conventional wisdom that greater scale means greater safety.

Fortune · Oct 14, 2025

ChatGPT and other AI models can be ‘poisoned’ to spew gibberish, researchers warn

‘Relatively easy’ data-poisoning attacks raise concerns about artificial intelligence security, researchers say

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

How cyberattacks on offshore wind farms could create huge problems

Against the background of climate change, there’s a push to make offshore wind a much bigger part of the UK’s energy supply in coming years.

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024

Electoral Commission to warn voters of online disinformation amid foreign interference election fears

Exclusive: Elections body to tell voters to think ‘critically’ about information they see online

The Independent UK · May 30, 2024

Britain’s AI sector expected to get £100m extra funding in budget

Jeremy Hunt to announce doubling of funding for research at the Alan Turing Institute

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

Female-founded AI startups win just 2% of funding deals in UK

Male-skewed investment is another instance of tech gender imbalance that needs urgent redress, say researchers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Top AI institute chair and ex-Amazon exec thinks AI will disrupt employment as we know it

"It will come with massive social upheaval."

Fortune · Sep 14, 2023

AI poses national security threat, warns terror watchdog

Security services fear the new technology could be used to groom vulnerable people

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023