UK must not depend on foreign AI that can be switched off, Alan Turing Institute head says
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George Williamson, head of the Alan Turing Institute, said the UK must build its own AI and avoid reliance on foreign systems that cannot be inspected or may be restricted or switched off, with national resilience a key focus amid US and Chinese leadership and a government-driven strategic shift. He cited Washington’s temporary June block on releasing Anthropic’s latest models outside the US and reported requests that labs withhold models from the UK AI Security Institute until US counterparts had examined them.
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