UK sets out £600m for AI security, including a £100m AI biosecurity lab
The UK government has set out about £600m for AI security, including £100m for what it calls a world-first AI biosecurity lab to detect future pandemic risks.
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Left-leaning outlets
No left-rated outlet in our sample covered it.
Centre outlets
Centre-rated outlets headline it: “UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab” (BBC News); “UK sets up AI lab to monitor biosecurity threats” (Financial Times).
Right-leaning outlets
Right-rated outlets headline it: “UK to set up AI ‘biosecurity lab’ to detect risks of future pandemics” (Evening Standard); “UK to set up AI ‘biosecurity lab’ to detect risks of future pandemics” (ITV News).
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Who owns or funds the outlets covering this story (6 outlets)
| Outlet | Lean | Ownership & funding (MBFC) |
|---|---|---|
| BBC News | Centre | The BBC operates under a Royal Charter. Oversight is managed by the BBC Board, and regulatory authority rests with Ofcom. source |
| Financial Times | Centre | The Financial Times is owned by The Nikkei, a Japanese news and financial information company that publishes the leading financial paper, The Nikkei. The FT generates revenue through subscriptions, a hard paywall, and advertising..push({}); source |
| Reuters | Centre | In April 2008, the British company Reuters Group was acquired by Thomson Corporation and formed Thomson Reuters. source |
| Sky News | Centre | Sky News is owned by Comcast as of November 2018 and is funded through advertising. Rupert Murdoch is no longer affiliated with Sky News UK; however, Newscorp still has a share of Sky News Australia, which reports with a right-leaning bias. source |
| Evening Standard | Centre-right | The newspaper is majority-owned by Russian businessman and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev and the Daily Mail and General Trust. Revenue is generated through advertising. source |
| ITV News | Centre-right | No ownership data found |