The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute, in a pivot to cybersecurity, and is exploring ways to use Anthropic's Claude in public services
The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that …
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Discussion
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@ewaluger
Ewa Luger
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As the UK AI Safety Institute drops ‘safety’ for ‘security’ it seems there's no longer any pretence - “it's no longer keeping an eye on societal risks, and it no longer appears to be focusing on potential for AI running amok” — fortune.com/2025/02/13/u...
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r/singularity
r
on reddit
U.K. drops AI safety and signs up a major deal with Anthropic
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@kevinbankston
Kevin Bankston
on x
Don't love this but certainly a sign of the times in the AI policy discourse. “This means the focus of the Institute will be clearer than ever. It will not focus on bias or freedom of speech, but on advancing our understanding of the most serious risks posed by the technology”