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New model presented today at the European Radar Conference 2026: enhancing autonomous space domain awareness Explore how our Defence AI Research Centre (DARe) & @unibirmingham's new model improves identification of objects in orbit: #WSW2026

How to assure agentic AI behaviour in high-stakes settings: beyond the Hugging Face incident A new briefing paper from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) examines how we can assure the behaviour of agentic AI:

In his blog, co-author of the paper Rick Hennessy explores the obedience paradox, alongside some of the agentic AI behavioural failure modes that were seen in the Hugging Face hack earlier this year:

What should we do about frontier AI risks when there is still uncertainty about the most extreme long-term scenarios? Our new report argues that uncertainty should not delay practical action. Many AI capabilities, behaviours & harms can already be observed, studied & addressed.

Today we're also launching a new £2m research programme on transformative AI security risks, delivered by our Centre for Emerging Technology & Security. Funded by @coeff_giving, it will examine how transformative AI could reshape the security landscape. 🔍

CETaS has also published a new briefing on behavioural assurance for agentic AI. The paper examines how AI agents can behave contrary to organisational intentions & explores how organisations can better understand, monitor and govern agent behaviour. 📄

🚢AI-powered voyage optimisation is helping make maritime decision-making more resilient, efficient & sustainable. Developed by Theyr with the Turing and @unisouthampton, the technology has now been recognised in the #ThetiusTop150 2026. Learn more:

New research from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security: investing in human skills, judgement and oversight is key for successful AI adoption for defence and national security. Learn more:

New briefing from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology & Security explores how the UK must act now to secure the systems, infrastructure & expertise most critical to national resilience. Read more: Read the paper:

🛰️ Can AI spot the warning signs of a satellite collision before it's too late? Our new AI model can monitor satellites and spot anomalies in their behaviour, reducing the risk of in-orbit collisions. Learn more:

🌍 This week, Turing researcher, Manvendra Janmaijaya, shared our latest work on AI-powered weather forecasting at the Machine Learning for Earth System Modelling workshop at CESOC in Germany.

Working w/ @metoffice, Manvendra tutored a hackathon challenging participants to temporally downscale outputs from FastNet, our ML weather prediction model, from 6- to 1-hourly forecasts. Learn more:

📢Secure your place: International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026 Join us to explore how Digital Public Infrastructure can be made more trustworthy, inclusive, resilient & accountable. 📅16 Sep 📍Online & in-person 🎫Register now:

Is AI weather forecasting ready for the extremes of El Niño? The Turing’s Mission Director for Environmental Forecasting, Scott Hosking, explores what El Niño could mean for AI weather forecasts as we start to enter a world it hasn’t seen before:

Join the Turing as our new Theme Lead of AI for Physical Systems Transform how we model, predict and control complex physical systems. Define the future of fundamental AI research at a world-leading institute. Apply by 31 August 2026:

Addressing the deinterleaving problem Turing Data Scientist, Rob Jones, explains how we're working to address the increasingly congested electromagnetic spectrum. Learn more: #Datasets #Deinterleaving #RadarEmissions

How to tackle the extrapolation problem? Miles Cranmer, Assistant Professor at @Cambridge_Uni, shared his insights at the Turing's #AIforScience event this year. Watch now: