The UK's AI minister, Kanishka Narayan, is expected to announce a strengthening of Britain's cyber defences. He will also call on companies developing advanced AI systems to increase their safety efforts, stating that Britain cannot rely entirely on technology companies to police their own models.
Narayan will argue that the UK needs to build more of its own AI infrastructure. His speech in west London will be his first since Andy Burnham made AI a cabinet-level brief.
This comes as Geoffrey Irving, a former chief scientist at the UK’s AI Security Institute, has raised concerns that enemy states could steal unreleased cutting-edge AI models. Irving, who now runs an AI safety research body, cited a recent incident at OpenAI where cybersecurity researchers "hacked" the system, noting the "huge" scope of theoretical access.
Last week, UK intelligence leaders from MI5, MI6, and GCHQ briefed the cabinet on the threat AI poses to national security, according to the Sunday Times. The Prime Minister stated last month at the UN that Britain would use its G20 presidency next year to champion agreement on AI safety, aiming for "a single set of global principles and standards."