Security Minister Dan Jarvis issued a direct call for leading AI companies and innovators to collaborate with the UK government during a keynote address at the CYBERUK conference on Wednesday 22 April 2026. Addressing an audience of industry leaders and technical experts, the Minister characterised the development of AI-powered cyber defence as a “generational endeavour” essential for protecting the nation’s most critical networks. The initiative aims to harness autonomous systems capable of identifying and addressing vulnerabilities at a speed and scale that exceeds human capacity, responding to a threat landscape that has been fundamentally altered by advancements in frontier AI.…
