The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

A national strategy designed to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence across scientific research and discovery in the United Kingdom.

AI Growth Zones are designated regions in the United Kingdom aimed at accelerating the development of AI infrastructure, including data centres and computing capacity, while fostering AI innovation ecosystems.

The AI Research Resource (AIRR) is a UK government initiative providing AI-specialised high-performance computing capacity to public researchers, academia, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Announced as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan in January 2025, the government committed £1 billion to expand AIRR capacity by at least 20x by 2030. The programme operates through two compute clusters — Isambard-AI at the University of Bristol and Dawn at the University of Cambridge.

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, enacted on 19 June 2025 by the UK Parliament, establishes a broad legislative framework governing data access, privacy, and digital services. It covers customer and business data access, personal data processing, electronic communications, health and social care information standards, biometric data retention, trust services, and provisions relating to copyright and the development of artificial intelligence systems.

A landmark UK Act of Parliament, which received Royal Assent in May 2024, that gives the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new strategic market status (SMS) powers to regulate the most powerful digital platform companies and introduces a new pro-competition regime for digital markets.

A free national AI training programme targeting 10 million UK workers, with a specific goal of upskilling 2 million SME employees, delivered in partnership with 23 major technology companies.

The UK Sovereign AI Unit is a government body established within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to build and harness the UK's domestic AI capabilities.

The UK National Data Library (NDL) is a government initiative to create a central infrastructure for the responsible management and sharing of public sector data, enabling businesses, researchers and public servants to access high-value datasets to deliver better public services, drive economic growth and support AI innovation.

The Health Data Research Service (HDRS) is a new UK-wide, government-owned company to transform how researchers and innovators access health and care data across the UK.