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UK sets up AI Biosecurity Lab with £100M, backed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind

The UK Cabinet Office announced the AI Biosecurity Lab, an independent non-profit funded with £100M from government. OpenAI commits £100M in compute and model credits, Anthropic up to £100M in credits, and Google DeepMind and Basecamp Research join as partners. It will focus first on early threat detection and faster countermeasures.

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UK Cabinet Office (gov.uk)gov.uk/government/news/introducing-the-ai-biosecurity-lab

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Friday, October 23, 2026

19:01
Bloomberg
UK Vows £100 Million for Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI, Anthropic
19:01
Financial Times
UK sets up AI lab to monitor biosecurity threats
20:05
BBC
UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab
21:40
BBC
The UK plans to invest £100M to create the AI Biosecurity Lab to boost defenses against biological threats, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind
21:40
Crypto Briefing
cryptobriefing.com/uk-commits-100m-to-ai-biosecurity-lab-with-openai-anthropic-deepmind/
22:40
Unite.AI
unite.ai/uk-establishes-ai-biosecurity-lab-backed-by-openai-and-anthropic/
23:10
Crypto Briefing
cryptobriefing.com/uk-600-million-ai-security-biosecurity-lab/

Saturday, October 24, 2026

00:04
UK GovernmentPrimary
UK sets up AI Biosecurity Lab with £100M, backed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind

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