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British AI startup with government ties is developing tech for military drones

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Faculty AI has worked closely with UK government on AI safety, NHS and education.

Firm has worked with defence industry partner Hadean on developing AI for military drones.

Firm did not answer questions on whether it was working on drones capable of applying lethal force.

Faculty does not develop models itself, instead focusing on reselling models from OpenAI .

Faculty, whose biggest shareholder is a Guernsey -registered holding company, has also sought to cultivate close ties across the UK government, winning contracts worth at least 26.6 m.

Those contracts represent a significant source of revenue for a company that made sales worth 32 m in the year to 31 March .