Written questions

Artificial Intelligence: USA

Lords · Question HL906 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Alexander of Cleveden

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the United Kingdom's access to frontier AI models, in the light of the United States' decision to restrict access to Anthropic's most recent Mythos and Fable systems.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra, 29 Jun 2026

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 p...