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AI Scenarios 2030: Helping Policymakers Plan for the Future of AI

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Publisher: UK Government Office for Science
Released: 15 June 2026

It presents five possible AI futures to help governments stress-test policies. It examines six major uncertainties:

  • AI capability development
  • Access to frontier models
  • Safety and malicious use
  • Adoption and public trust
  • Workforce displacement
  • International cooperation and AI competition

The document is explicitly a foresight and planning tool—not an official policy or prediction.