# UK AI Security Institute

Record: actor-uk-aisi · Type: actor · Edition: 0.19.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/map/entities/30`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Position context

Status: unplaced. Kind: organization. Evidence clarity: unavailable. Basis: primary. Implementation: published-institutional-mandate.

Sources used: First-hand material.

Position: null. No coordinates assigned.

## /scope

Its published research agenda, separate from the whole UK government's policy.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-c863eb4481f44246f08ae770. Annotation: editorial.

[uk-aisi-agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda) · [uk-aisi-name-2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change)

## /caveat

Research on catastrophic harm does not establish whether the institute favors a general acceleration or slowdown of frontier development.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-7186e669fd92b7b9ba3a39d1. Annotation: editorial.

[uk-aisi-agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda) · [uk-aisi-name-2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change)

## /evidence/0/note

Studies whether autonomous AI could cause catastrophic harm or permanently evade human control.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-d5d57abda0c3006bf75b59b9. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: concern · Evidence role: support.

Find the passage: Autonomous Systems

[uk-aisi-agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda)

## /evidence/1/note

The February 2025 announcement names it the AI Security Institute and describes its security focus.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-a0a65a9d15287a6edd5227d4. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: context · Evidence role: context.

Find the passage: Opening announcement

[uk-aisi-name-2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change)

## /profile/summary

Studies serious AI security risks, including failures of human control.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-d3d975f0c6400f4267a85c3a. Annotation: synthesis.

[uk-aisi-agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda) · [uk-aisi-name-2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change)

## /profile/sections/0/text

The research agenda establishes topics it studies. A preferred pace of frontier development would need separate evidence; it cannot be read from the institute's name.

Claim: claim-actor-uk-aisi-3f10124256bae19f8f457d53. Annotation: synthesis.

[uk-aisi-agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda)

## Source provenance

### uk-aisi-agenda

[AISI Research Agenda](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research-agenda)

UK AI Security Institute · First-hand source (primary) · Published: undated · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the research overview and Autonomous Systems section on catastrophic harm and loss of control. No reliable publication date was exposed. Research priorities do not by themselves establish a preferred development pace.

No archive check recorded.

### uk-aisi-name-2025

[Tackling AI security risks to unleash growth and deliver Plan for Change](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change)

UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2025-02-14 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the announcement of the name change and its security-research focus. A government growth agenda is not automatically the institute's own frontier-pacing position.

No archive check recorded.