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The UK Government has been actively shaping AI policy and coordination, including rejecting a proposed emergency “kill switch” for dangerous AI and setting up a new Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance to oversee strategy across government. It has also launched initiatives such as a £100 million Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme aimed at funding UK AI solutions for public sector needs and consulted on workplace monitoring rules for employers using AI and other tracking technologies. Recent coverage also includes the government planning a consultation to address harms from AI voice cloning, while maintaining protection for legitimate innovation.
Updated 16 September 2026
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Latest developments
£100M competition launched to back UK AI innovators
Startups Magazine ·
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Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning
BBC News · 2 weeks ago ·
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UK mulls making employers ask before installing bossware
The Register · 1 month ago ·
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UK government AI Taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance launches
Tech.eu · 1 month ago ·
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Can Kanishka Narayan make up for the loss of DSIT?
Sifted · 1 month ago ·
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Reynolds appointed business secretary as DSIT scrapped
Sifted · 1 month ago ·
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Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan
Import AI · 1 month ago ·
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2026
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and publicly warned that advanced “self-improving” AI could pose existential risk Executive move
UK Government Restructures Science and Technology Administration, Dissolves DSIT and Elevates AI Minister to Cabinet Level Policy change
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter open-weight model achieving frontier-class performance Open source release
- UK government rejects 'kill switch' idea for dangerous AI
- £100M competition launched to back UK AI innovators
- Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning
- UK mulls making employers ask before installing bossware
- UK government AI Taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance launches
- Can Kanishka Narayan make up for the loss of DSIT?
- Reynolds appointed business secretary as DSIT scrapped
- Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan
- Unlocking UK house-building with AI-accelerated planning
2025
Google DeepMind announces expanded partnership with UK government and AI Security Institute Partnership
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People
- Employed by Kanishka Narayan · 1 source
- Lord Vallance employed by this company · 1 source
- Kanishka Narayan employed by this company · 1 source
Investment & ownership
- Owns Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · 1 source
Products & technology
- Deploys Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme · 1 source
- Integrated with AI voice cloning · 1 source
- Cabinet Office develops this company · 1 source
Partnerships
- Partnered with British AI firms · 1 source
- DeepMind partnered with this company · 1 source
- Google DeepMind partnered with this company · 1 source
- OpenAI partnered with this company · 1 source
- Matt Lucas partnered with this company · 1 source