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AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached

The UK's AI minister has warned it is "likely, if not inevitable" the country's cyber defences will at some point be breached.

Speaking at a press conference, Kanishka Narayan pointed to an incident of a rogue OpenAI agent hacking an Australian government website in June.

He said while no medical records are known to have been accessed in the attack, the incident should still "concern us".

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