Standards for AI safety, reliability testing the priority for new UK center

By Patricia Figueiredo ( November 10, 2026, 17:46 GMT | Insight) -- International standards for AI safety and reliability testing will be a core focus of a new UK research center launched Tuesday and tasked with using scientific evidence to improve AI testing and monitoring. At the Centre for AI Measurement's opening, a senior government official stressed that concerns about accuracy and bias remain barriers to AI adoption. Calls are growing for closer UK-EU cooperation on AI assurance and uncertainty over UK access to US-developed frontier models.International standards for AI testing will be a top priority for a new UK research center unveiled by the government on Tuesday....

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