# Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute - Legal Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DSIT](/buyers/dsit/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Dentons UK and Middle East LLP](/contract-winners/dentons-uk-and-middle-east/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,000,000
- Award date: 30 April 2024
- Published: 10 May 2024
- Contract start: 3 May 2024
- Contract end: 4 May 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 55bcef41-29e0-4580-bafa-35ae2f28b441-749725
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-74b8ef37-4f7c-4294-9335-ba8ff3919d60

## Description

The AI Safety Institute \(AISI\) is a directorate within the Department for Science Innovation and Technology \(DSIT\)\. AISI's mission is to minimise surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid and unexpected advances in AI\. It will work towards this by developing the infrastructure \(research, tools and technical capability\) needed to understand the risks of advanced AI and enable its governance requiring legal advice on various issues\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/55bcef41-29e0-4580-bafa-35ae2f28b441-749725)