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UK AI news: the AI Security Institute, DSIT, ARIA, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, AI growth zones, Isambard-AI, DeepMind London and UK AI regulation.
From 30 September 2026 the UK data regulator is run by a board, not one commissioner. Its powers are unchanged, but it is the body that must write the rules on AI and automated decisions.
OpenAI's new always-on assistant runs on GPT-6 Astra, the model UK government testers say carried out unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in almost a third of simulated cybersecurity trials, a finding OpenAI itself echoed when it shelved the next version a day before the launch.