The heads of the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have acknowledged recent months have been "challenging" for staff as the charity undergoes "substantial" change.
It comes after staff raised "serious and escalating concerns" in a whistleblowing complaint this week submitted to the Charity Commission.
They warned that the body - which receives £100m from the government - is at risk of collapse after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle instructed it to prioritise defence, and threatened to pull its funding if it did not.
In a letter seen by the BBC, Chair Dr Doug Gurr said the Turing Institute would "step up at a time of national need".
He said it had already established a new senior working group comprising government officials and Turing institute staff.
