AI will ‘pain whole swathe of UK economy before providing net benefit’

The greatest AI-driven cyber threat on the horizon is its ability to find weak spots in digital spaces, the NCSC’s CTO said (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Wire)

Artificial intelligence (AI) will pain a “whole swathe” of the UK economy before ultimately providing a net benefit, the chief technology officer of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said.

The greatest under-appreciated AI-driven cyber threat on the horizon is models learning to find weak spots in digital spheres, Ollie Whitehouse added.