Artificial Intelligence: Cybersecurity

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen safeguards against increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence systems being used to conduct cyber attacks.


Answered by
Baroness Lloyd of Effra Portrait
Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 15th September 2026

I refer my Noble Friend to the Written Ministerial Statement of 7 September 2026 (HCWS314), which provides an overview of the risks posed by advancing AI capabilities, and the actions this Government is taking to improve cyber security in response.

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