The next chapter for UK sovereign AI
OpenAI News年初，我们与 UK Government 签署了 MOU ，旨在让更多英国民众、企业和机构从 AI 技术中受益，并推动 UK AI Action Plan 的落实。我们与政府共同的目标，是以 AI 带动增长，加速公私部门的采用，扩展英国的主权级 AI 能力，使 AI 在英国被广泛可用并为英国服务。
在这一势头上，今天我们宣布与 Ministry of Justice 达成新协议，允许公务员使用并从 ChatGPT 中获益，同时为使用我们 API Platform 、 ChatGPT Enterprise 和 ChatGPT Edu 的客户提供选择在英国存放数据的 UK data residency 服务。
今日在伦敦举办的 OpenAI Frontiers 活动将有多家英国重要客户出席，届时他们将与兼任司法大臣兼副首相的 David Lammy 一同讨论英国的 AI 机遇。副首相还将披露 Ministry of Justice 在公共部门 AI 采用方面设定新标准的具体做法。
UK MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
与 Ministry of Justice 的这项新协议将把 ChatGPT 带入公务员日常工作，帮助他们节省时间、提高效率并提供更好的公共服务。该协议支持该部门的 AI Action Plan for Justice，并将为 2,500 名员工提供 ChatGPT Enterprise 的使用权限。此前的试点显示， ChatGPT 在写作支持、合规与法律事务、数据与研究流程以及文档分析等一系列常规任务中能显著节省时间。
在英国政府的其他部门， OpenAI 的技术已为若干工具提供动力，包括旨在减轻公务员行政负担的白厅助手“ Humphrey ”，以及通过自动整理公众咨询回应来辅助政策制定的“ Consult ”——这一工作通常需数周完成，现在可在几分钟内完成，同时将关键决策留给专家处理。
兼任司法大臣兼副首相的 David Lammy 表示：“我们与 OpenAI 的合作将英国置于全球科技变革的前列——引领创新，并用技术为英国各地带来公平与机遇。”
OpenAI 首席执行官 Sam Altman 表示：“过去一年里在英国使用我们产品的人数增长了四倍。看到他们用 AI 节省时间、提升生产力、完成更多工作，令人振奋。公务员用 ChatGPT 改善公共服务，传统企业则在重新构想运营方式。我们很自豪能继续支持英国及政府的 AI 计划。”
引入 UK data residency
我们与政府的 MOU 中曾强调要扩展英国的主权级 AI 能力。此前已宣布的 Stargate UK——与 NVIDIA 和 Nscale 的 AI 基础设施合作——旨在利用本地算力部署 OpenAI 的一流模型，特别适用于司法管辖权敏感的专业场景。
除此之外，我们现在将在 10 月 24 日（周五）推出 UK data residency，为英国客户和开发者提供在英国存储数据的选项，以满足本地数据保护偏好或合规需求。作为上述协议的一部分， Ministry of Justice 将成为首批受益方。
OpenAI 的技术已成为全国数百万人的重要工具。英国在 OpenAI 付费订阅和 API 开发者方面位列全球前五市场，每天都有民众、开发者、机构、初创公司和领先的英国企业——从 NatWest 与 Virgin Atlantic 到本土独角兽 Synthesia 和 Oxford University——利用我们的工具开拓新的经济机会。
有了 UK data residency、新的公共部门合作，以及我们通过 MOU 的持续工作，我们正为在英国建立可信、安全的 AI 采用基础奠定根基。我们期待与政府继续合作，帮助更多英国民众、企业和机构从 AI 中受益。
Earlier this year, we signed an MOU with the UK Government to help more British people, businesses and institutions benefit from the potential of AI technology, and to deliver on the goals of the UK AI Action Plan. Together with the Government, we want to drive AI-led growth, accelerate adoption across the private and public sector, and expand the UK’s sovereign AI capabilities so that AI is widely available and served in the UK, for the UK.
Today, building on this momentum, we’re announcing a new agreement with the UK Ministry of Justice for civil servants to use and benefit from ChatGPT, and the option of UK data residency for customers using our API Platform, ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu.
Many of our leading British customers will gather at the OpenAI Frontiers event in London today, where they will be joined by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy to discuss the UK's AI opportunities. The Deputy Prime Minister will also share details of how the Ministry of Justice is setting a new standard for public sector AI adoption.
UK Ministry of Justice
The new agreement with the Ministry of Justice will bring ChatGPT to civil servants and help them save time, work more efficiently, and deliver better public services. The agreement supports the department’s AI Action Plan for Justice and will provide 2,500 employees with access to ChatGPT Enterprise. It follows a successful pilot that showed time-saving benefits across a range of routine tasks including writing support, compliance and legal work, data and research processes, and document analysis.
Elsewhere in the UK Government, OpenAI technology already powers several tools, including ‘Humphrey’—Whitehall’s AI assistant designed to ease the administrative burden on civil servants—and ‘Consult’, which supports the policymaking process by automatically sorting public consultation responses, a task that typically takes officials weeks but can now be completed in minutes, while leaving important decisions to experts.
Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor David Lammy said: “Our partnership with OpenAI places Britain firmly in the driving seat of the global tech revolution—leading the world in innovation and using technology to deliver fairness and opportunity for every corner of the United Kingdom.”
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said: “The number of people using our products in the UK has increased fourfold in the past year. It’s exciting to see them using AI to save time, increase productivity, and get more done. Civil servants are using ChatGPT to improve public services and established firms are reimagining operations. We're proud to continue supporting the UK and the Government's AI plan.”
Introducing UK data residency
Our MOU agreement with the Government included a focus on expanding the UK’s sovereign AI capability. We’ve already announced Stargate UK—an AI infrastructure partnership with NVIDIA and Nscale—to deliver OpenAI’s world-leading AI models on local computing power, particularly for specialist use cases where jurisdiction matters.
Separate from Stargate UK, we’re now also introducing UK data residency on Friday 24th October—giving British customers and developers the option to store their data in the UK to help meet local data protection preferences or requirements. The Ministry of Justice will be the first to benefit from this offer as part of the above agreement.
To find out more about data residency visit our help page here.
OpenAI’s technology is already essential for millions across the country. The UK is a top-five market globally for OpenAI paid subscribers and API developers, and every day people, developers, institutions, start-ups and leading British businesses—from NatWest and Virgin Atlantic to home-grown unicorn Synthesia and Oxford University—are using our tools to unlock new economic opportunities.
With UK data residency, new public sector partnerships, and our ongoing work through the MOU, we’re helping lay the foundation for trusted and secure AI adoption in the UK. We look forward to working with the Government to help more British people, businesses, and institutions benefit from AI.
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