• Alan Turing Institute chief executive George Williamson says the UK must not rely on foreign AI systems in defence, national security, critical infrastructure and healthcare.
  • He cited June’s temporary U.S. block on Anthropic’s latest models outside the U.S. and reported U.S. requests that labs hold back models from the UK’s AI Security Institute.
  • Williamson wants the institute to focus on national resilience, including nationally owned smaller models, disinformation monitoring and climate work, rather than copying frontier labs.