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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Russia plotting to use AI to enhance cyber-attacks against UK, minister will warn

Pat McFadden at a conference.
Pat McFadden will warn at a Nato conference that there is a real risk AI could be weaponised against the UK. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Russia and other adversaries of the UK are trying to use artificial intelligence to enhance cyber-attacks against the nation’s infrastructure, the cabinet minister Pat McFadden will warn at a Nato conference in London on Monday.

The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will announce the creation of a research programme in London, called the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR), to keep on top of emerging threats as he warns there is a risk that Russia will try to knock out the electricity grid.

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