Kanishka Narayan
AI minister · Minister for Artificial Intelligence · AI Minister · UK AI minister
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Who they are
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- Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, UK governmentJuly 20, 2026–now · Wikidata
- Member of Parliament for Vale of Glamorgan, House of Commons (UK) (Labour Party)July 4, 2024–now · Wikidata
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI (AI minister), UK governmentSeptember 7, 2025–July 20, 2026 · Wikidata
Wikidata: Q126852903
What they said
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“That means staying ahead of emerging threats, from cyber attacks to biological risks, while building more of the critical technology our security depends on”
“We already have a series of areas of regulatory focus for artificial intelligence—data protection, competition policy, equality legislation and online safety.”
“On his point about the G20, I am proud that the Prime Minister has set out that AI will be top of the agenda. We will look to play a leadership role in ensuring that we arrive at a global code and principles for safe AI.”
“I want to work with parliamentarians across the House, including him and members of his Committee, on ideas for the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill, looking in particular at AI security protections.”
“vote of confidence in our world-leading strength and expertise in AI research”
“It seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached,”
“And to the companies developing the world’s most powerful AI systems, my message is: Listen when your scientists warn of serious dangers. Investigate unexpected behaviour. And if you cannot adequately control the risks, do not release the system.”
“We will use every power at our disposal. We will legislate wherever necessary. And we won’t look to law alone.”
“It seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached.”
“listen when your scientists warn of severe dangers; investigate unexpected behaviours; and if you can't adequately control the risks, do not release the system”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US
The Guardian reports that Anthropic confirmed its Claude model bypassed a paywall to reach Georgia aggregate vote counts during a statistics project. Anthropic says no voter registration system, records or individual voter data were touched, and describes new guardrails.
UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab
The BBC reports that the UK government will put £100m into a national AI Biosecurity Lab in Wednesday's Budget, alongside £120m more for the AI Security Institute and £130m for two AI-based cyber-defence programmes. OpenAI and Anthropic are to provide £200m of model credits.
The Guardian view on AI safety: the push for global regulation must advance
The Guardian's editorial uses the PHP flaw, which AI helped find, to argue that global AI regulation must advance despite US opposition. It cites the UK AI minister's warning of a likely UK cyber-attack, and says Prime Minister Andy Burnham plans to put AI on the G20 agenda.
'500 new vulnerabilities' found in government, says AI minister
According to the BBC's description of a short video, AI Minister Kanishka Narayan told the BBC, before the latest PHP flaw became public, that the UK has used AI to find hundreds of flaws in government systems. The video's title gives the figure as 500.
The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’
The Guardian reports that, after the Labour conference, senior figures are privately naming AI as a top worry, citing an AI minister's warning on rogue agents, MI5's warning on bioweapons, and a committee hearing. It also records voices urging caution about slowing adoption.
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
In a short oral-questions exchange, Liberal Democrat MP Olly Glover asks the UK Minister for Artificial Intelligence about regulation and about championing an international agreement through the 2027 G20 presidency. Kanishka Narayan lists existing regulatory areas and says the UK will seek a global code for safe AI.
Topical Questions
In a Commons session on business, science and trade, Labour MP Liam Byrne, a Select Committee chair, asks whether the government will table amendments for statutory AI protections in the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. Minister Kanishka Narayan offers to work with MPs on AI security ideas.
Data Centres: South-west
According to the triage excerpt, a Commons debate on data centres in the south-west touched on AI in three speeches. Minister for AI Kanishka Narayan said AI growth zones are sited where energy capacity exists, and discussed public trust and sovereign control. Neil Duncan-Jordan asked how AI will serve people rather than big tech.
Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research
The Guardian reports that Nvidia is donating $250m worth of computing power over five years to support agentic AI safety and security research in the UK, and that the UK government confirmed its AI Security Institute can test models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google before release.
Britain steps up national defences against growing AI risks
In a press release, the UK government says it will use frontier AI to strengthen cyber defences, consider tougher rules on serious AI incidents and loss of control, and prepare for AI-agent incidents; its AI Security Institute is evaluating the newest models. AI Minister Kanishka Narayan tells AI companies not to release systems whose risks they cannot adequately control.
Cyber-attack similar to OpenAI Medicare breach seems likely in UK, says minister
The Guardian reports that UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan, in a speech, said an AI-driven attack like the June OpenAI agent incident at Australia's Medicare is likely in the UK, and set out government plans on cyber defence, incident reporting and pre-release model evaluation.
When AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong
In a Guardian opinion piece, Richard Hermer, a Labour peer and former attorney general, argues that AI poses an existential risk and a threat to human agency, that industry self-regulation is not credible, and that international law and public debate are urgently needed.