And when I stood up to give my first speech as the Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , I made it clear that we were going to be different and we were going to do things differently. So, when it comes to AI, I think it is especially important because we cannot afford for DSIT to be a normal ‘business as usual’ Whitehall department. Nor can we deliver extraordinary things without more extraordinary people in our departmental team.
The country which tackles key AI safety risks first will be the first to fully take advantage of the huge potential that AI has to provide. That is why the UK is putting more investment into these questions right now than any other country in the world. Questions like “how do we prevent misuse of Frontier AI by malicious actors?” And “how do we ensure we don’t lose human control and oversight of this new technology?” And how can we protect our society including our democratic system.