UK plans to invest £100 million to build AI Biosecurity Lab, with support from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others

Odaily reports: The UK government has announced an investment of £100 million (approximately $134 million) to build an AI Biosecurity Lab, leveraging artificial intelligence to identify and monitor biosecurity threats. The lab will receive support from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, with OpenAI and Anthropic providing up to £200 million worth of AI model usage credits. The lab will also collaborate with Google DeepMind and life sciences company Basecamp Research.

Additionally, the UK government announced £65 million in funding for research and development of pathogen countermeasures, an additional £120 million for the AI Security Institute, an additional £23 million for the AI Economy Institute, and £130 million to use AI to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. (Bloomberg)