Paul Drayson

Family man. Science entrepreneur. Member of the House of Lords. Electric world land speed record holder. Chairman Locai Labs.

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

If you are worried that the UK lacks a sovereign AI Assistant independent of US Big Tech- fear not! Check out https://t.co/CaatWX0BnO https://t.co/A99zrWpfbK.

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

GB1: The AI from the UK: Your private, planet-friendly AI assistant from the UK. https://t.co/Bn30N3E6mz

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

Excited to share that our @GB1_ai : The AI from the UK is now live on both iOS & Android 🚀

We built our AI assistant GB1 because we love AI but not the direction it’s been heading.

Today, most AI is controlled by a handful of big tech companies, trained on your data, and powered by infrastructure that isn’t exactly kind to the planet.

GB1 is our alternative.

A private, sustainable, independent AI assistant designed, trained and hosted entirely in the UK.

From writing and planning to learning and research, GB1 helps you get things done, on your terms, not big tech’s.

What makes it different?
• Private by default — we never train on your conversations
• Runs on renewables — AI that doesn’t cost the earth
• Built for performance — powered by our foundation model, Locai L1-Large
• Community-driven — shaped by the people using it
• UK sovereign — your data stays in the UK
• Independent — built by a small team in London

Huge thank you to everyone who shaped GB1 with us, testing early versions, sharing feedback, and pushing us to make it better. This launch is yours as much as it is ours.

And we’re just getting started.

If you want to see a different future for AI, give it a try (download links in the comments) 👇

#GB1 #AI #SustainableAI #GreenTech #PrivacyFirst #EthicalAI #UKTech #LondonTech #ArtificialIntelligence #TechInnovation #DataPrivacy #RenewableEnergy #AIForGood #DigitalSovereignty #UKInnovation #TechForGood #UKStartUp #AI #SovereignAI #ChatGP

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

Today, we’re proud to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with @FLFusion , the UK’s inertial fusion energy company and a pioneering leader in machine learning-driven simulation as we sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore how our British-built, sustainable AI can accelerate cutting-edge research in high energy density physics and fusion energy.

We’ll be investigating how Locai’s foundational AI model can enhance technical workflows at First Light Fusion, from code development to agentic AI systems to boost machine learning simulation productivity, all running securely on their air-gapped infrastructure in Oxford.

Fusion energy holds immense promise for a clean, sustainable future, and we’re honoured to support @FLFusion First Light’s mission with sovereign, UK-developed AI trained entirely on renewable energy.

Huge thanks to Mark Thomas and the First Light team for collaborating with us!

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

@GB1_ai GB1-“the machine against the machine” Finally: an AI assistant using a British built foundational large language model (235 billion parameters). Give it a try at https://t.co/CaatWX0BnO

[GB1 by Locai Labs @GB1_ai]

The name’s GB1. The AI Assistant with a licence to be private, independent, sustainable, and most importantly, British.

Will you answer the call?

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

Let's go! @techradar just put @locai_chat, the AI from the UK, to the test

And the verdict…

“It was fast and responsive to my text prompts, providing answers that felt accurate and on a par with what ChatGPT produces.”

https://t.co/rnlwcwAIpQ

[locai_chat @locai_chat]

@techradar just put @locai_chat, the AI from the UK, to the test.

And the verdict…

“It was fast and responsive to my text prompts, providing answers that felt accurate and on a par with what ChatGPT produces.”

Doesn’t get much better than that!

https://t.co/CCjkeMhi9V

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

Techradar review of Locai: “A new UK AI says it can beat ChatGPT – we tried it and here’s what we found”https://t.co/2K3BMTEyUd

[Tom Whipple @whippletom]

I just had a play with this. It seems....really good.

https://t.co/mh20Ezskuw

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

From London to the World: the Locai Labs team celebrating @locai_chat's Early Access launch with the one and only Paddington Bear. #NotAnEndorsement

[locai_chat @locai_chat]

Locai L1-Large ranks #1 on Arena Hard v2 for human preference and conversational ability - put simply, it’s the best AI to talk to. For a technical deep dive on how Locai L1-Large was built read our Technical Report: https://t.co/JqQdzx5nR6

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

Locai has officially entered the chat → https://t.co/BUZ0pasW7l
Welcome to Community AI. Welcome to Locai.
We're just getting started

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

@HarryStebbings “The model is the product”

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

@locai_labs Positive tech news from UK today as @locai_labs drops their new open-source instruction model Locai Large-L1 #AI #UKtech

[Lords Science & Technology Committee @LordsSTCom]

Today, the Lords Science & Technology Committee publishes its report into financing and scaling UK science and technology, entitled: “Bleeding to death: the science and technology growth emergency”.

Read it here: https://t.co/blKU5oUmeI

[Locai Labs @locai_labs]

Pre-launch checklist for an independent LLM and AI Assistant:

- Code complete ✅
- Benchmark LLM's performance vs ChatGPT-5 + Top 10 Global LLMs ✅
- Double-triple-check benchmarking data ✅
- Punch the air ✅
- File patent ✅
- Complete QA testing ☕️
- 🤞

[Lords Science & Technology Committee @LordsSTCom]

You can still submit written evidence to our Committee's inquiry into financing and scaling UK science and technology until 9 May - find the questions in our call for evidence, submission guidelines, and submit via the online portal here: https://t.co/rTPyHmmJHJ

[Paul Drayson @lorddrayson]

@matthewclifford, Chair of UK’s @ARIA_research, told the @LordsSTCom yesterday that ARIA doesn't retain ownership or control the IP created by the research it funds. In my view, we can’t afford to provide our science as a free good to the rest of the world like this. Agree?

[Lords Science & Technology Committee @LordsSTCom]

Today's session with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser can now be watched back here:

https://t.co/otL2ru2elA

A transcript will be published in due course and we will share the link in this thread.