UK Government (DSIT). A new press release confirms that members of the former International Network of AI Safety Institutes have recommitted to joint work on benchmarks and testbeds under the renamed International Network for Advanced AI Measurement, Evaluation and Science, with an explicit focus on improving the comparability and robustness of AI measurement and evaluation practices across major economies.

The Guardian. Over 100 UK parliamentarians across parties have endorsed a coordinated call, led by nonprofit Control AI, for binding regulation of the most powerful AI systems, urging the Prime Minister to resist pressure to weaken rules and stressing risks comparable to nuclear weapons and pandemics if advanced systems are left largely self governed. NCSC. The UK National Cyber Security Centre warns that prompt injection should not be treated as a niche variant of SQL injection but a distinct and potentially more dangerous class of attack that exploits how AI systems process instructions, urging organisations to treat prompt injection as a strategic security risk in AI deployments rather than a minor technical bug. Tech Policy Press. A new commentary argues that current UK law and policy do not provide effective protection from chatbot related harms, highlighting gaps in consumer protection and safety standards and suggesting that regulators have been slower than the speed at which conversational AI is being integrated into everyday services.

According to the Bank of England, the December 2025 Financial Stability Report warns that elevated equity valuations for technology companies focused on artificial intelligence, together with debt-financed AI infrastructure spending and leveraged positions in private credit and gilt markets, now pose heightened risks to UK and global financial stability, even though core UK banks remain resilient under stress tests.

GOV.UK (DESNZ/DSIT). According to the UK government, the latest meeting of the AI Energy Council in London focused on speeding up grid connections and building infrastructure for new AI data centres and ‘AI Growth Zones’. Ministers and regulators discussed reforms to accelerate grid access, discounted tariffs for data centres that can use excess capacity, and the broader goal of ensuring that AI’s growing energy demand is matched by sustainable, well governed energy infrastructure across the UK.