Recommendation 21

We do not recommend using an ‘off the shelf’ LLM or developing one from scratch: the former is too risky and the latter requires high-tech R&D efforts ill-suited to Government. But commissioning an LLM to high specifications and running it on internal secure facilities might strike the right balance. The Government might also make high-end facilities available to researchers and commercial partners to collaborate on applying LLM technology to national priorities.