UK keeps AI safeguards in the maybe pile for Cyber Security BIll

UK officials have stopped short of committing to AI-specific measures in the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill despite ministers promising to legislate wherever necessary. The uncertainty comes amid warnings about autonomous AI threats, including Anthropic's forecast that small models could be months away from operating as self-replicating worms on vulnerable smart devices. Senior civil servants told MPs this week that the government was still considering amendments to the bill to address AI risks. Alexandra Jones, director general for growth, international, science and technology at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, is responsible for "AI and emerging technologies policy." However, she told MPs that the recent machinery-of-government changes had left the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport responsible for the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill. …