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British Frontier AI

A sovereign capability

A privately led frontier laboratory and a public compute operator, with sovereign controls that protect British independence.

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British Frontier AI and Industrial Acceleration

Britain builds an independent ability to develop, train and operate artificial intelligence within a few months of the global frontier. Two institutions carry the programme. A publicly controlled sovereign compute operator provides the computing capacity, and a privately led British Frontier AI Laboratory develops the models. Founders, employees and private investors hold the majority of the laboratory, the state co-invests as a minority on identical terms and a special share and contractual continuity rights protect British control whatever the size of the state's stake. The laboratory researches, trains and licenses models rather than building a consumer chatbot. Alongside a core frontier programme, divisions in life sciences, defence, space and materials apply the technology to the industries in which Britain can lead. The central scenario costs about £50 billion over five years, of which about £30 billion is public and £20 billion private, with up to £3 billion of state equity invested only alongside private capital.

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