Britain bets big on AI to defend against the threats AI is helping create
Britain's Treasury announced funding for a National Cyber Shield using agentic AI and a separate NERV Centre to proactively identify vulnerabilities across infrastructure. The programme includes a £25 million challenge fund for UK firms and regulatory sandbox testing. This follows the PHP2Shell incident where AI-assisted researchers uncovered flaws in widely used software.
Key points
- £130M for AI-powered cyber defenses including autonomous agents
- £60M for National Cyber Shield; £70M for vulnerability detection centre
- Part of £600M+ total AI spending spree
- Tests autonomous security tools across critical infrastructure
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