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AI Opportunities Action Plan

Record GB-05 · CP 1241

Issued by
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Level · region
National · Europe
Published / adopted
2025-01-13
Language
English
Official identifier
CP 1241

Summary

Independent report led by Matt Clifford, with 50 recommendations for government to grow the UK's AI sector and drive AI adoption across the economy and public services. Its section on safe and trusted AI (recommendations 23 to 30) calls for continued support for the AI Safety Institute's research on model evaluations, foundational safety and societal resilience, says any regulation of frontier models should preserve the institute's capability, and recommends funding regulators' AI capabilities, regulatory sandboxes and new AI assurance tools.

Safety topics

safety instituteevaluation & testinggeneral-purpose / frontier AIaccountability & liability

Scope

Borderline scope Mainly an economic growth and adoption plan with one section on regulation, safety and assurance; included as the UK government's flagship AI plan of January 2025.

Status notes

Led by Matt Clifford CBE, Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, whom the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology commissioned to devise the plan; presented to Parliament as Command Paper CP 1241 in January 2025. In the government's response of the same day (CP 1242) the Prime Minister endorsed the plan, and the government agreed to the recommendations, partially agreeing to two and answering the one on text and data mining with its consultation. On recommendation 23 it said DSIT would consult on legislation on the critical risks of the most powerful AI models and that it intended to establish the AI Safety Institute as a statutory body.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan

Secondary source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-plan

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 20:42:08 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-05/2026-10-11/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:15 UTC
SHA-256 cc393af6034fbba8d855029f1608d10f18a9bf8c496b38ea8597619bab3a6c11
Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-05/2026-10-11/document-1.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:19 UTC
SHA-256 de68eed45514303e2e0e4280b5cde8b7167aaa17d6f69e1b0716765ae4de807d
Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/GB-05/2026-10-11/secondary.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:22 UTC
SHA-256 bda236342c2ff84fee00ee3ce0a61fe3dd34e24454c207b104fce8191c4a2bdc

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched
Stored and read in this run: the GOV.UK publication page (title, 'Independent report', DSIT, published 13 January 2025, CP 1241, 50 recommendations, Matt Clifford), the plan's PDF (presented to Parliament in January 2025, CP 1241, section 1.4 with recommendations 23 to 30) and its HTML version (stored as the secondary source; the Secretary of State's foreword on commissioning Matt Clifford), snapshots of 11 Oct 2026, unchanged on 17 Oct; and the government's response (CP 1242, published 13 January 2025, stored 17 Oct 2026), with the Prime Minister's endorsement and a response to each recommendation (two 'Partially agree', recommendation 24 answered with the consultation, the rest 'Agree'). GOV.UK marks the response as published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 6 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-17scope_note: Mainly an economic and adoption plan with a limited safety and regulation sectio → Mainly an economic growth and adoption plan with one section on regulation, safe — 'current flagship AI policy' replaced by a dated description, since whether the plan is still the government's current policy is not shown by a stored file2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-17notes: Prepared by Matt Clifford and accepted by government; a separate 'Government Res → Led by Matt Clifford CBE, Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, w — rewritten with the stored government response: the Prime Minister's endorsement, the response's treatment of the recommendations (CP 1242, the same day), and its answer to recommendation 23 (consultation on legislation on the most powerful models, AISI as a statutory body); version 1's 'accepted by government' and 'published alongside it' are now stated as the response states them2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-17summary: The UK's current flagship AI plan, mainly about growth and adoption. Recommendat → Independent report led by Matt Clifford, with 50 recommendations for government — rewritten from the stored plan: 'current flagship' and 'now Security' removed (not in this record's files), the 50 recommendations and the content of recommendations 23 to 29 stated as the plan words them2026-10-17-recheck-europe-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  4. 2026-10-14scope_note: – → Mainly an economic and adoption plan with a limited safety and regulation sectio — borderline under the include-and-flag rules of issue #22026-10-14-issue-2-scope-notes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  5. 2026-10-14notes: Prepared by Matt Clifford and accepted by government; a separate 'Government Res → Prepared by Matt Clifford and accepted by government; a separate 'Government Res — scope caveat moved to scope_note2026-10-14-issue-2-scope-notes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

UK AI Security Institute United Kingdom · Published (non-binding, current)

UK AI regulation government response United Kingdom · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). AI Opportunities Action Plan [CP 1241]. 2025-01-13. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/GB-05/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 14:03:15 UTC, SHA-256 cc393af6034fbba8d855029f1608d10f18a9bf8c496b38ea8597619bab3a6c11. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record GB-05.

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