UK Research and Innovation

Rule Changes

Reviewing CRANE's compliance; says its policy forbids generative AI assessment and is exploring AI-assisted review only through a retrospective trial

CRANE has scrapped the AI screening that rejected about 90 of its 179 cybersecurity grant proposals. The U.K. network apologized for not being transparent, suspended its funding decisions, and said every proposal cut by the AI will now go to human reviewers, with final decisions promised by 20 November.

Updated Oct 19