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The UK government says it will expand work using frontier AI models to strengthen public-sector cyber defences, while developing a response to serious incidents involving autonomous AI agents. The plans also include exploring stronger cyber legislation and ways to report near misses, putting practical resilience alongside the more familiar talk of AI risk.
Why it mattersWhat happened BusinessCloud reports that AI Minister Kanishka Narayan announced the measures on 13 October. The government says two pilot projects have already helped identify and fix more than 1,000 potential cyber vulnerabilities across government systems, as well as detect potential threats.
Discuss: Should organisations using autonomous AI agents have to report near misses, even when no harm has occurred?
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