UK Seeks Greater Access to AI Companies’ Technology: FT

The UK government is seeking expanded access to the technology that drives models for artificial intelligence companies, Financial Times reports, citing several unidentified people familiar with the discussions.

• UK officials are negotiating with firms, such as OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind, to examine the internal operations of their large language models
• Developers are reluctant to share the technology since it could disclose proprietary information about the products or make them targets for cyberattacks
• AI companies aren’t required to share this information
• OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment: FT
  • The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology told FT ...