ARIA Safeguarded AI Programme
Funds United Kingdom AI ventures with safeguarded technology programs for responsible models.
The ARIA Safeguarded AI Programme is an initiative of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), the UK's high-risk, high-reward research funding body established in 2023. The programme targets the development of mathematical and formal methods for guaranteeing safe and predictable behaviour in artificial intelligence systems, occupying a niche at the intersection of pure mathematics, theo…
Funds mathematical and formal-methods research aimed at producing verifiable safety guarantees for artificial intelligence systems, targeting TRL 2–5 in the UK and internationally.
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