Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen national cyber resilience in response to the risks arising from AI increasing the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks.

The capabilities of artificial intelligence models are accelerating quickly and this presents both risks and opportunities for cyber security, which is why the government takes these developments very seriously.

We are already taking significant action, including working across government and industry to understand the latest developments, publishing evaluations of the capabilities of the latest AI models, and taking widespread action to improve cyber resilience across the economy. On 15 April ministers wrote an open letter to businesses advising them of the actions they should take to protect against AI-driven cyber threats. On 22 April the Security Minister announced further measures to improve UK cyber resilience, including £90m of new funding to boost the cyber security of businesses and a new Cyber Resilience Pledge. In the King's speech on 13 May we announced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will continue its passage through Parliament. The Bill improve UK cyber defences and protect our essential public services. This summer the government will publish the National Cyber Action Plan setting out how we will work with industry to drive up levels of cyber resilience across the economy.

Strengthening cyber resilience is a shared responsibility and all organisations must take ongoing action to protect themselves. Companies developing digital technologies should ensure they are secure by design, following international standards and UK codes of practice for Secure Software, AI Cyber Security, IoTs and Apps.