OpenAI and Microsoft join UK’s international coalition to safeguard AI development

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OpenAI and Microsoft pledge funding to AI Security Institute’s Alignment Project: an international effort on AI systems that are safe, secure and under control.

OpenAI and Microsoft pledge new funding to AI Security Institute’s flagship Alignment Project: an international effort to work towards advanced AI systems that are safe, secure and under control

AI Alignment – making sure AI acts as intended – is a crucial field of AI research, building public trust in the technologies already reshaping public services and delivering new jobs

Additional £5.6 million OpenAI backing plus support from Microsoft and others confirmed at the AI Impact Summit means over £27 million is now available for AI alignment research, backing some 60 projects

Leading tech firms OpenAI and Microsoft are the latest to join an initiative spearheaded by the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) - encouraging trust and public confidence in AI as it rewires public services and drives national renewal.

Announced by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, and AI Minister Kanishka Narayan as the AI Impact Summit in India draws to a close today (Friday 20 February), the news bolsters the work of AISI’s Alignment Project which was first announced last summer.

Some £27 million will now be made available through the fund, supporting research efforts to ensure AI systems work as they’re supposed to, with £5.6 million coming from OpenAI, and additional support from Microsoft and others.

Cementing the UK’s position as a world leader in frontier AI research, today also sees the first Alignment Project grants awarded to 60 projects from across 8 countries, with a second round due to open this summer.

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