Cyber-attack like OpenAI Medicare breach ‘seems likely’ in UK, says minister

Kanishka Narayan said the UK would ‘play its part’ in coordinating an international response to AI safety. Photograph: James Manning/PA

An AI-driven cyber-attack like the OpenAI breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister.

Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that the British government’s own cyber defences would be bypassed by a technology that has developed highly sophisticated skills in cybersecurity.