US Ally Announces Security Lab To Compete With Russia In 'New AI Arms Race'

The U.K. announced plans to build a new laboratory for artificial intelligence (AI) security research as part of its aim to compete with Russia in the "new AI arms race."

The announcement was made on Monday at the NATO Cyber Defence Conference at Lancaster House in London, the second conference of its kind.

Warning that NATO needed to stay ahead in the "AI arms race," government minister Pat McFadden, whose brief includes national security matters, said that the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) would protect the U.K. and its allies from new cyber threats.