UK Government reveals all on its new bid to boost AI Security Research

Date:
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:18:12 +0000

Description:
LASR will work with public and private organizations to develop AI safeguards
and drive innovation.

FULL STORY

The UKs Laboratory for AI Security Research is gradually taking shape, with
delivery partners of the 8 million public-private partnership meeting for the
first time. 

The partnership seeks to unite industry, academia and HMG experts in the
pursuit of supporting the development of safe AI systems. 

The partnership includes Government departments, as well as experts and
research teams from Plexal, University of Oxford, The Alan Turing Institute
and Queens University Belfast.

National and international safe AI development 

LASR will be dedicated to exploring vulnerabilities in AI tools and the wider
cyber ecosystem, and will collaborate with other national and international
organizations to enhance cyber defense and grow the economy by 
commercializing viable research outputs. 

The lab will also support research into AI systems by supporting ten doctoral
students from the University of Oxford in their research into AI and Machine
Learning security. LASR is also expected to advance safeguards and explore 
how to detect inference within AI. 

The partnership was initially announced at the NATO Cyber Defense Conference
by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden. As part of the
announcement the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said, The lab will pull
together world-class industry, academic and government experts to assess the
impact of AI on our national security. 

While AI can amplify existing cyber threats, it can also create better cyber
defence tools and presents opportunities for intelligence agencies to 
collect, analyse, and produce more useful intelligence, he added. 

Speaking on the first meeting of the delivery partners, Saj Huq, CCO and Head
of Innovation at Plexal, said, AI adoption presents tremendous economic and
societal opportunities, but we must be mindful of threats emerging. Through
this world-class LASR partnership, Plexal will drive the development and
commercialisation of breakthrough solutions to enhance resilience of public
and private sectors, creating growth vectors for the UKs tech ecosystem."

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