AI Security Institute
The UK government's research organisation on serious risks from advanced AI, part of DSIT. Renamed from the AI Safety Institute in February 2025. It tests and studies frontier AI; it is not a regulator.
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The skills, knowledge and understanding to use AI knowingly and to be aware of its risks. The EU AI Act requires provi…
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