UK government undecided on AI safeguards in Cyber Security and Resilience Bill despite minister's pledge to legislate
UK officials have not committed to AI-specific measures in the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill, even though AI minister Kanishka Narayan pledged to "legislate wherever necessary". Alexandra Jones of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade told MPs that the government is "looking at" amendments on AI, cyber and loss-of-control risks, including how serious incidents and near misses are reported and how AI-driven disruption is contained. Committee chair Liam Byrne objected that a bill must legislate, not merely "consider". Responsibility for the bill now sits with DCMS after machinery-of-government changes. The debate coincides with Anthropic research forecasting that small AI models could be months away from operating as self-replicating worms on vulnerable smart devices, and with a Booz Allen Hamilton warning about autonomous AI attacking OT and industrial systems.
Technical Details
- Anthropic's research, published Monday, examined whether AI models could copy themselves between devices and run on compromised hardware. The forecast extrapolates from improving model capabilities and does not demonstrate a fully autonomous worm spreading across real IoT devices.
- Booz Allen Hamilton warned that autonomous AI systems can find and attack critical operational technology and industrial equipment, potentially cutting access to water, power and other essential services.
- AI risk researchers told the committee that model developers cannot be trusted to self-regulate.
Remediation
The article states no technical remediation. The policy options under consideration are amendments to the bill covering AI-related incident and near-miss reporting and containment of AI-driven disruption.
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UK government undecided on AI safeguards in Cyber Security and Resilience Bill despite minister's pledge to legislate
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UK officials have not committed to AI-specific measures in the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill, even though AI minister Kanishka Narayan pledged to "legislate wherever necessary". Alexandra Jones of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade told MPs that the government is "looking at" amendments on AI, cyber and loss-of-control risks, including how serious incidents and near misses are reported and how AI-driven disruption is contained. Committee chair Liam Byrne objected that a bill must legislate, not merely "consider". Responsibility for the bill now sits with DCMS after machinery-of-government changes. The debate coincides with Anthropic research forecasting that small AI models could be months away from operating as self-replicating worms on vulnerable smart devices, and with a Booz Allen Hamilton warning about autonomous AI attacking OT and industrial systems.
Technical Details
- Anthropic's research, published Monday, examined whether AI models could copy themselves between devices and run on compromised hardware. The forecast extrapolates from improving model capabilities and does not demonstrate a fully autonomous worm spreading across real IoT devices.
- Booz Allen Hamilton warned that autonomous AI systems can find and attack critical operational technology and industrial equipment, potentially cutting access to water, power and other essential services.
- AI risk researchers told the committee that model developers cannot be trusted to self-regulate.
Remediation
The article states no technical remediation. The policy options under consideration are amendments to the bill covering AI-related incident and near-miss reporting and containment of AI-driven disruption.