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Credibility Rating

4/5

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High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.

Rating inherited from publication venue: UK Government

This is the official UK government hub for AI safety policy and research; important for tracking state-level institutional responses to frontier AI risks and international safety coordination efforts.

Metadata

Importance: 72/100homepage

Summary

The UK AI Safety Institute (recently rebranded as the AI Security Institute) is a government body under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology focused on minimizing risks from rapid and unexpected AI advances. It conducts and publishes safety research, international coordination reports, and policy guidance, while managing grants for systemic AI safety research.

Key Points

•Government organization under DSIT with a mission to minimize surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid AI advances.
•Publishes international reports on advanced AI safety, progress reports, and policy guidance documents.
•Manages grants and partnerships focused on systemic AI safety research.
•Recently rebranded from AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute, signaling a broadened mandate.
•Serves as a key institutional node for UK government engagement with frontier AI safety and evaluation.

Cited by 12 pages

Page	Type	Quality
AI Capability Threshold Model	Analysis	72.0
International AI Coordination Game Model	Analysis	59.0
AI Safety Intervention Effectiveness Matrix	Analysis	73.0
AI Risk Cascade Pathways Model	Analysis	67.0
AI Risk Warning Signs Model	Analysis	70.0
Conjecture	Organization	37.0
Epoch AI	Organization	51.0
UK AI Safety Institute	Organization	52.0
AI Evaluation	Approach	72.0
AI-Driven Concentration of Power	Risk	65.0
AI Proliferation	Risk	60.0
AI Winner-Take-All Dynamics	Risk	54.0

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# AI Safety Institute

AI Safety Institute

Part of
[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology)

AI Safety Institute is now called [AI Security Institute](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ai-security-institute)

The AI Safety Institute’s mission is to minimise surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid and unexpected advances in AI.

## Documents

### Guidance and regulation

- [Systemic AI safety fast grants](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/systemic-ai-safety-fast-grants)
  - 22 May 2024

  - Guidance
- [Collaboration on the safety of AI: UK-US memorandum of understanding](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaboration-on-the-safety-of-ai-uk-us-memorandum-of-understanding)
  - 2 April 2024

  - Notice

[See all guidance and regulation](https://www.gov.uk/search/guidance-and-regulation?organisations[]=ai-safety-institute&parent=ai-safety-institute)

### News and communications

- [First International AI Safety Report to inform discussions at AI Action Summit](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-international-ai-safety-report-to-inform-discussions-at-ai-action-summit)
  - 29 January 2025

  - Press release
- [Ensuring trust in AI to unlock £6.5 billion over next decade](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensuring-trust-in-ai-to-unlock-65-billion-over-next-decade)
  - 6 November 2024

  - Press release

[See all news and communications](https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications?organisations[]=ai-safety-institute&parent=ai-safety-institute)

### Research and statistics

- [International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI: interim report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-scientific-report-on-the-safety-of-advanced-ai)
  - 22 October 2025

  - Research and analysis
- [UK AI Safety Institute: third progress report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-ai-safety-institute-third-progress-report)
  - 5 February 2024

  - Independent report

[See all research and statistics](https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?organisations[]=ai-safety-institute&parent=ai-safety-institute)

### Policy papers and consultation

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