Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what sovereign AI systems or partnerships they are pursuing to reduce dependence on US company frontier models.

This Government takes AI sovereignty and security extremely seriously.

We are investing £500m in UK AI firms via our SovAI Fund, including in home-grown model developers, like Ineffable. This goes beyond just funding, to include support such as visas and procurement.

Sovereignty is not just about access to AI models. It is about building leverage over key parts of the value chain, such as AI hardware. That is why the Government has announced a £1.1 billion AI hardware plan.

Security is also fundamental to the Government's approach. Our AI Security Institute is world leading, and one of a handful of organisations with access to Mythos before release.

This means the UK is not a bystander. Canada, France, Germany and elsewhere recognise our leadership, and want to work with us to build sovereign assets and learn from our approach to risks.