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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Margaret Davis

GCHQ draws up plans for world-first national AI cyber defence system

Director of GCHQ Anne Keast-Butler called for the country to harness the ‘unstoppable power’ of AI and use it for good (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

GCHQ has developed plans for a new national AI cyber shield, thought to be the first of its kind in the world.

The system, which is hoped to be running within five years, will use AI agents to detect and flag threats to critical national infrastructure, airlines, telecoms firms and other major companies.

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