The AI Security Institute (AISI) is a directorate of the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology with a mission to build the world's leading understanding of advanced AI risks and solutions, to inform governments so they can keep the public safe. AISI conducts independent evaluations of frontier AI models before and after deployment, advances technical safety research, funds external researchers through grant programs, and plays a leading role in international coordination on AI safety and governance. It operates as a startup within government, combining governmental authority with private sector expertise and agility.
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- Annual Budget
- $66,000,000
- Monthly Burn Rate
- $5,500,000
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Theory of Change
AISI holds that the primary bottleneck to safe AI development is a lack of rigorous, independent scientific understanding of what frontier AI systems can actually do — especially in high-stakes domains like biosecurity, cyber offense, and persuasion. By building credible evaluation infrastructure and running transparent assessments, AISI gives policymakers the evidence base they need to regulate effectively and gives developers incentive to prioritize safety. Simultaneously, AISI funds alignment and systemic safety research to close the gap between rapidly advancing capabilities and the mitigations available to address them. International coordination through the network of AI safety institutes ensures that safety standards become global rather than fragmented across jurisdictions, reducing the risk that dangerous capabilities go undetected or that safety races to the bottom.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC