# The UK plans to invest £100M to create the AI Biosecurity Lab to boost defenses against biological threats, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind (Liv McMahon/BBC) — retained record

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[Anthropic PBC](https://highsignal.app/entities/ANTHROPIC)[original source ↗](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdjv8xllvyyo)

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261023/p26#a261023p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Liv McMahon / <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/">BBC</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdjv8xllvyyo">The UK plans to invest &pound;100M to create the AI Biosecurity Lab to boost defenses against biological threats, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The UK says it will establish a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) to help strengthen its defences against emerging biological threats.</p>
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