Britain has ‌favoured a light-touch approach to AI regulation, aligning more closely with the United States than the European Union, ​whose AI Act came into force on Sunday. But recent disclosures ‌by AI companies have renewed ⁠debate about whether oversight of frontier models should be strengthened. Britain's AI Security Institute, established after the AI Safety Summit in 2023, receives pre-deployment access under voluntary agreements ​to AI ​models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, allowing ​it to assess their capabilities and ‌risks. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNarayan, who was elevated to the cabinet by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, said access gives Britain a window into frontier AI development. He said ‌the institute had pre-deployment access to almost every frontier ​AI model developed by Western companies, making Britain ​the only country besides the United ​States with such access.