Tories: UK needs to be 'better prepared' for AI threats

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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the UK needs to be "better prepared" to deal with cyber threats posed by the rise of AI. " The government needs to do more to identify those AI-based risks to make sure our cyber security is not compromised," Mr Philp says.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, I think the UK needs to be better prepared, and what we're seeing with the most recent vulnerability identified

00:05is that AI is being used to find gaps in IT security and vulnerabilities in IT systems.

00:13So, of course, AI is a huge opportunity globally for people, for businesses, but it is also a threat as

00:20well. It's a risk as well.

00:21And so I think the government needs to do more to identify those AI-based risks to make sure that

00:28our cybersecurity is not compromised, and this recent incident just shows how that can happen.

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