The announcements took place during the inaugural AI safety summit, a meeting of world leaders, computer scientists and tech executives held this week at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire – the home of codebreaking and computing. 

The UK’s AI institute has been presented as an evolution of the Frontier AI Taskforce created in June, with a similar leadership, as Ian Hogarth has agreed to continue in his role as chair. Celebrated AI researcher Yoshuo Bengio will be taking the lead on the production of the institute’s first report.

The institute will “help spur international collaboration on AI’s safe development” by forming partnerships with research bodies such as the Alan Turing Institute, leading AI companies such as Google DeepMind, and nations including Singapore and the US.

Sunak said the institute will “act as a global hub on AI safety, leading on vital research into the capabilities and risks of this fast-moving technology”.

“It is fantastic to...