UK AI Security Institute appoints intelligence agency official as director
By Frank Hersey ( October 24, 2025, 16:47 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s AI testing facility has a new interim director, from an intelligence background, signaling a step toward security and defense and away from safety. Adam Beaumont joins from his role of chief AI officer at GCHQ, the UK’s signals intelligence agency. The move is in line with changes to similar institutes around the world.The UK’s AI testing facility has a new interim director from an intelligence background, signaling a further step toward security and defense and away from its set-up priority to guard the safety of AI systems....
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