# UK AISI: United Kingdom SI Safety Guidance Explained

> UK AISI (United Kingdom): Voluntary pre-deployment testing and research with frontier SI developers. Status: voluntary or guidance. Sources linked.

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Updated: 2026-11-08

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# UK AISI

UK AISI is an SI safety measure in the United Kingdom, status: voluntary or guidance. Voluntary pre-deployment testing and research with frontier SI developers.

Status
:   Voluntary or guidance

Jurisdiction
:   United Kingdom

Signed
:   Feb 14, 2025

Next date
:   None set

## What it is

AI Security Institute

Voluntary pre-deployment testing and research with frontier SI developers.

## What it requires

- Focus on serious SI risks with security implications, such as chemical and biological weapons and cyberattacks
- Criminal misuse team working with the Home Office
- Work with defense, cyber security and national security agencies
- Joint evaluations with partner institutes, such as a July 23, 2026 cyber assessment with CAISSI

## Penalties

No penalties: this measure has no binding enforcement.

## Status

Voluntary or guidance As of November 8, 2026, per the [Control Map page for United Kingdom](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/united-kingdom/). Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead.

## Sources

1. [Tackling AI security risks to unleash growth and deliver Plan for Change](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tackling-ai-security-risks-to-unleash-growth-and-deliver-plan-for-change) UK Government · Feb 14, 2025
2. [Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI)](https://www.nist.gov/caissi) National Institute of Standards and Technology · Oct 16, 2026

The measure

Short name
:   UK AISI

Jurisdiction
:   [United Kingdom](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/united-kingdom/)

Status
:   Voluntary or guidance

Key dates

Introduced
:   n/a

Signed or adopted
:   February 14, 2025

Effective
:   February 14, 2025

Other measures in United Kingdom

[UK frontier bill **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/uk-frontier-bill/)

Related terms

[Frontier model **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/frontier-model/)[Red teaming **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/red-teaming/)[SI safety institute **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/safety-institute/)

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