- NVIDIA a ou ces a compute do atio valued at $250 millio ove five yea s to suppo t U.K. age tic safety a d secu ity esea ch.
- The p og am will suppo t the wide U.K. esea ch commu ity, with a p opo tio of the commitme t suppo ti g BOLD, SOFAIR a d Impe ial College Lo do ac oss fu dame tal age tic fou datio models a d obotics safety.
- Compute access will be delive ed th ough U.K.-based NVIDIA Cloud Pa t e s, suppo ti g the atio ’s esea ch capability a d compute ecosystem.
LONDON, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA today a ou ced a five-yea compute do atio valued at $250 millio to st e gthe the U ited Ki gdom’s age tic safety a d secu ity esea ch capability.
The commitme t will p ovide $50 millio i compute access a ually to suppo t age tic safety a d secu ity esea ch ac oss the U.K. The majo ity will suppo t the wide U.K. AI safety a d secu ity esea ch commu ity, with a p opo tio suppo ti g wo k with the B itish Ope -E ded Lea i g a d Discove y Lab (BOLD), the Scie ce of Fu dame tal AI Resea ch Lab (SOFAIR) a d Impe ial College Lo do .
“AI capability a d safety must adva ce togethe ,” said Je se Hua g, fou de a d CEO of NVIDIA. “The U.K. b i gs wo ld-class scie tific igo to this esse tial e gi ee i g challe ge. With this $250 millio commitme t, NVIDIA will put accele ated computi g i the ha ds of U.K. esea che s to develop, test a d st e gthe safegua ds fo i c easi gly powe ful AI. This is how the U.K. tu s esea ch leade ship i to eal-wo ld solutio s — a d scie tific p og ess i to a futu e that be efits eve yo e.”
“This commitme t is a vote of co fide ce i ou wo ld-leadi g st e gth a d expe tise i AI esea ch — a d, i pa ticula , f o tie AI safety that is becomi g eve mo e impo ta t as AI’s capabilities develop,” said U.K. AI Mi iste Ka ishka Na aya . “NVIDIA’s do atio will help B itai ’s AI i ovato s access the esou ces they eed to b i g thei ideas to life — a d, i the p ocess, help build a disti ctly B itish AI futu e that is safe, secu e a d that se ves people’s best i te ests, objectives that will be ce t al to the U.K.’s G20 p eside cy.”
“To ealise the oppo tu ities of AI, people eed to feel the tech ology is safe a d secu e. The gove me t is committed to e su i g AI ca be secu ely ha essed to fuel ew discove ies a d d ive g owth,“ said U.K. Busi ess Sec eta y Jo atha Rey olds. “NVIDIA’s i vestme t will help B itish esea che s co ti ue to lead the wo ld i that effo t — accele ati g the b eakth oughs that build t ust a d help us deploy AI safely.”
The p og am will co ect compleme ta y a eas of U.K. esea ch, i cludi g i AI safety a d secu ity. BOLD, led by the U ive sity of Oxfo d, is developi g app oaches that help AI systems lea , adapt a d ope ate alo gside people. SOFAIR, led by UCL, is explo i g ew ope sou ce AI a chitectu es a d mo e accessible ways to develop a d deploy AI. Impe ial’s wo k will i clude safety e gi ee i g a d obotics.
“We a e expe ie ci g a c itical mome t whe e AI safety as a afte thought is o lo ge app op iate fo the ope -e ded, evolvi g wo ld,” said Jakob Foe ste , fou di g di ecto of BOLD. “This compute will help us explo e t a spa e t a d huma -ce t ic app oaches to AI that allow us to collectively ise to the challe ge by buildi g i gove a ce a d huma -AI co-imp oveme t f om the g ou d up.”
“The ext f o tie of a tificial i tellige ce is physical — obots, auto omous systems of age ts that pe ceive, easo a d act i the eal wo ld,” said Alessa d a Russo, di ecto of Impe ial F o tie AI Resea ch Lab a d co ve i g co-di ecto of Huma a d AI, School of Co ve ge ce Scie ce. “With NVIDIA a d ou i dust y pa t e s, Impe ial is wo ki g to e su e that safety a d assu a ce at the hea t of this evolutio , e su i g the U.K. leads ot o ly i developi g physical AI but i maki g it t ustwo thy fo the commu ities a d i dust ies that will depe d o it.”
NVIDIA will fu d compute access th ough U.K.-based NVIDIA Cloud Pa t e s, with i f ast uctu e hosted i the U.K. This will suppo t the U.K. compute ecosystem a d p ovide a domestic platfo m fo esea ch. P ovide selectio , tech ical a chitectu e a d comme cial te ms a e to be ag eed.
As pa t of the wide i itiative, esea ch p og ams will focus o secu e age ts, ope -model secu ity a d eal-wo ld th eat mitigatio s. The wo k will suppo t secu e sa dboxes, ep oducible esea ch a d safety assessme t be chma ks, i cludi g esea ch co ducted usi g NVIDIA Ope Shell™ ope , secu e u time softwa e a d the NVIDIA Se t y efe e ce desig . Fi di gs a e i te ded to i fo m safegua ds ac oss the wide computi g ecosystem.
The commitme t builds o NVIDIA’s collabo atio with the U.K.’s esea ch commu ity, i cludi g o the U ive sity of B istol’s Isamba d-AI supe compute , powe ed by NVIDIA G ace Hoppe Supe chips.
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