"During the AI Impact Summit in India, the UK government announced that £27m is now available for AI alignment research, backing some 60 projects. The project combines grant funding for research, access to compute infrastructure and ongoing academic mentorship from AISI's own leading scientists in the field to drive progress in alignment research. Without continued progress in this area, increasingly powerful AI models could act in ways that are difficult to anticipate or control, which could pose challenges for global safety and governance."
""AI offers us huge opportunities, but we will always be clear-eyed on the need to ensure safety is baked into it from the outset," said UK deputy prime minister David Lammy. "We've built strong safety foundations which have put us in a position where we can start to realise the benefits of this technology," he added. "The support of OpenAI and Microsoft will be invaluable in continuing to progress this effort.""
OpenAI and Microsoft have pledged support for the UK's AI Security Institute Alignment Project to advance safe, secure and intended AI behavior. The UK government has allocated £27m for AI alignment research and is backing around 60 projects. The initiative combines grant funding, access to compute infrastructure and academic mentorship from AISI scientists to drive alignment progress. Without continued progress, increasingly powerful AI models could act in unpredictable or uncontrollable ways, posing challenges for global safety and governance. More than 100 experts contributed to a second international AI safety report noting high uncertainty about AI development and risks. The government defines alignment as steering advanced AI to act as intended and preventing unsafe behaviors.
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