FOI release

Response: Cost of the AI Safety Summit

Published 30 September 2024

Reference number FOI2024-00383
Date of request 12 September 2024
Date of response 30 September 2024
Outcome Information disclosed

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) received the following request for information which we responded to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

How much did the department spend on the AI Safety Summit which ran from 1 to 2 November 2023?

Our response

We can confirm that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) does hold the information in scope of your request.

The cost to the department for the AI Safety Summit was £27.7m in the 23/24 financial year.