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Awarded · ResultStage · award

DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial

AISI Research and Evals Partner for Cyber and Autonomous Capabilities of AI Foundation Models

R&DCPV 73110000
Value£5,000,000
Awarded
Published3 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide

£5,000,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
Rethink Priorities UK

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£5.0mtotal contract value
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this tender£0£5.4m

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The brief

The Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) is a directorate within the Department of Science and Innovation Technology mission (DSIT).

Its mission is to minimise the surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid and unexpected advances in AI.

In pursuit of this objective, it aims to offer vital insights into the capabilities of frontier AI systems by conducting evaluations of frontier models, as well as carrying out research to better understand the risks posed by these models and develop potential mitigations to alleviate these risks.

This contract seeks to support AISI in delivering high quality research and evaluations that will support key decision-makers regarding AI security risks, impacts of those risks, and the appropriate mitigations.

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This contract seeks to support AISI in

This contract seeks to support AISI in delivering high quality research and evaluations that will support key decision-makers regarding AI security risks, impacts of those risks, and the appropriate mitigations.

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Stage
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Source
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037042-2025
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