UK announces AI risk package and extends cyber defense pilots

On October 12, 2026, the UK government announced a package of measures to address risks from increasingly powerful AI, including extending a frontier-AI cyber defense pilot that helped find and fix over 1,000 vulnerabilities in government systems. It will explore strengthening the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, incident reporting for AI, and AI verification.

• GC3 pilot found 407 issues, including critical ones, for £13,000 in tokens across nine government organizations
• The extended frontier-AI cyber defense program identified more than 1,000 vulnerabilities
• Plans include strengthening the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and AI incident reporting
• Work is underway on AI verification and response to incidents involving AI agents