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AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached

  • UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan warned that Britain’s cyber defenses could eventually be breached by autonomous AI agents.
  • Narayan cited an Australian incident in which an AI agent accessed restricted government information, although officials reported no known access to personal medical records.
  • The UK plans to test leading AI models and consider stronger protections for hospitals, utilities, and other key services.
  • Microsoft’s Brad Smith and other AI companies called for governments to help establish safety rules rather than leaving the industry to regulate itself.
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AI breach of UK cyber defences ‘likely, if not inevitable’, minister warns

Kanishka Narayan said developers must ‘build machines that leave us human beings in charge’.

·London, United Kingdom
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caithness-business.co.uk broke the news on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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