AI is ‘unstoppable force’ that the UK must harness for good, spy chief warns

Director of GCHQ Anne Keast-Butler delivering her inaugural annual lecture (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

AI is an “unstoppable force” that the UK must harness for good as the technology gets increasingly autonomous, the head of GCHQ has said.

Anne Keast-Butler gave the inaugural GCHQ annual lecture on Wednesday, telling audience members that the spy agency has developed a blueprint for a new national cyber defence tool in the past few months, that uses cutting-edge AI.