Germany’s National Security Council greenights an AI Safety Institute modeled after the UK’s AISI
Germany’s National Security Council has decided to establish an AI security institute. The “DE-AISI” will test frontier models from Anthropic or OpenAI for security risks, following the British model.
The goal is to assess how advanced AI models affect cybersecurity in Germany. According to IT industry group Bitkom, the “German AI Security Institute (DE-AISI)” is explicitly modeled after Britain’s UK AISI. That organization has drawn international attention with extensive pre-release testing on security risks in Anthropic’s Mythos series and GPT-5.5. “A DE-AISI should follow the British model of the UK AI Security Institute and its unique approach as closely as possible,” Bitkom writes.Ad According to Bitkom, DE-AISI needs top technical talent with an international reputation to test AI models on equal footing with frontier providers like Anthropic or OpenAI. The group is pushing for salaries outside standard public pay scales, agile structures, secure infrastructure, and political backing at the highest level.AdDEC_D_Incontent-1 Germany and the EU depend on China and the US for frontier AI The EU is also trying to get access to frontier models to test them for cybersecurity risks. So far, though, there’s been no official word on any successful cooperation with Anthropic or OpenAI. According to Bloomberg, ENISA, the European Cybersecurity Agency, is set to receive access to Mythos. Even after repeated requests over several days, the agency couldn’t comment on the report. The situation shows just how dependent EU countries are on US and Chinese AI technology as long as Europe doesn’t build its own frontier models. The model providers are tightly linked to their home governments. Anthropic reportedly sends engineers to the US government to help deploy models, including for offensive operations. Both governments have also shown they’re willing to heavily regulate AI companies and tie them to state interests.Ad Follow The Decoder for AI news, background stories and expert analyses.
