GCHQ chief warns Britain faces narrowing window to stay ahead in AI and tech race
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GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler warns that Britain faces a narrowing window to stay competitive in the technology race, particularly in AI, quantum computing, and space. She describes the current era as one of "radical uncertainty" with heightened risks of miscalculation amid hybrid attacks from Russia and other adversaries, urging urgent action from both government and businesses.
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The world was in a 'new era of radical uncertainty, contested geopolitics and rapidly changing technology'
The risk of miscalculation is as high as it has ever been
Britain is at a “moment of consequence” amid hybrid attacks from Russia and other adversaries and a narrowing window to stay ahead. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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