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Britain plans AI incident reporting and expands cyber pilots

Britain announced new AI security measures on October 12. The government says two pilots helped identify and fix more than 1,000 potential vulnerabilities in government systems. It plans to extend that work and examine how serious AI incidents and near misses should be reported. Minister Kanishka Narayan also confirmed that AISI is evaluating the latest advanced models.

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The government is considering stronger protections under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill regime, but it has not announced a final reporting rule. The government reported the vulnerability count from its own pilots. That count does not independently prove that public services are secure.

Draft rules need to define which incidents operators must report and who has to report them. Published evaluations would show what AISI tested. The June pilot case study provides background. Monday's announcement covers the expansion and preparations for incident reporting.

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