AI research in the UK is vulnerable to nation-state hackers seeking to steal sensitive data and insights, a new report by the Alan Turing Institute has warned. The Institute urged the government and academia to develop a long-term strategy to address systemic cultural and structural security barriers to effective AI research security.
Megan Hughes, Sarah Mercer, Alexander Harris, Annie Benzie, Sam Williams and Elfreda Kenneison, "Securing the UK’s AI Research Ecosystem," CETaS Research Reports (March 2025).