UK Government Announces Sweeping New AI Security Plans
The UK will use frontier AI to hunt government flaws and amend cyber law for AI incidents.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan announced plans to use frontier models to find vulnerabilities in government systems, after GC3 hackathons identified more than 400 public-sector flaws that were later patched. DCMS, the NCSC, and the AI Security Institute will develop ways to contain agentic AI incidents, and security minister Dan Jarvis will lead a cross-government cyber-defense program. Planned amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would add reporting for serious AI incidents and near misses. Narayan also said AISI has resumed testing frontier models, including Gemini 4 Argon, after US restrictions had limited outside access.
- Ministers will use frontier AI to find weaknesses in UK government systems.
- GC3 hackathons previously found and patched more than 400 public-sector flaws.
- DCMS, NCSC, and AISI will plan responses to agentic AI incidents.
- Cyber Security and Resilience Bill amendments will cover loss-of-control and AI threats.
- AISI has resumed frontier-model testing, including Gemini 4 Argon.
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