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UK puts £130m into AI cyber defence in a £600m+ AI package
UK AI cyber defence money funds a National Cyber Shield and a NERV Centre to find vulnerabilities. It follows the PHP2Shell flaws that hit government websites.
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The UK government will spend £130m on AI cyber defence, including a National Cyber Shield that uses agentic AI to protect critical infrastructure. The money is part of a package of more than £600m for AI that the Chancellor, John Healey, will put in this week’s Budget.
HM Treasury set out the plans in a statement on Saturday, ahead of the Budget on Wednesday.
Where the cyber money goes
The National Cyber Shield gets £60m. That includes a £25m challenge…
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