Artificial Intelligence: National Security
(asked on 24th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will allocate funding to research on the (a) reliability and (b) auditability of non-deterministic models of AI used in national security issues.
Answered by
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
AI offers the most powerful lever we have for national renewal; it underpins the Government’s plan to drive economic growth, transform public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.
During the recent Spending Review, the Government showed its commitment to delivering the AI Opportunities Action Plan (AIOAP), with the Chancellor confirming over £2 billion to implement the Plan, and up to £750m for a new Edinburgh supercomputer, which will support our understanding of this emerging technology.
More widely, the government is investing record levels of investment in R&D, growing to £22.6 billion per year by 2029/30. Through UKRI, we are supporting science and innovation across the UK to better deliver on the government’s priorities, including national security.