UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute

George Williamson, the new head of the Alan Turing Institute, said the UK must not depend on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and should develop its own technology. National resilience will be a key focus for the institute amid US and Chinese leadership in the field.

• Williamson: UK should not rely on AI systems it cannot inspect or control
• In June Washington temporarily blocked Anthropic's latest models from release outside the US
• ATI will focus on securing critical systems and countering threats from AI itself
• The institute could produce nationally owned IP and smaller models for startups