Preventing criminal, hostile or mischievous use of autonomous and unmanned systems, or attacks of the systems themselves, especially through “security by design”.
Background
Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Enhancing Robustness and Security of Edge AI Systems for Safety-Critical Applications
The GuardAI project seeks to enhance the security of edge AI systems, addressing their critical vulnerabilities. Emphasis is placed on high-stakes domains, as outlined in the EU’s AI Act, where these systems, including d...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF YORK
Why might this be relevant?
Addresses security of autonomous systems and emphasizes security by design.
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UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Security
Autonomous Systems (AS) are cyberphysical complex systems that combine artificial intelligence with multi-layer operations. Security for dynamic and networked ASs has to develop new methods to address an uncertain and sh...
Funded by: SPF
Lead research organisation: Lancaster University
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing secure autonomous systems and has a research program covering both technical and social aspects of security, which directly addresses the question of preventing criminal or hostile use of autonomous systems.
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ELSA: European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI
In order to reinforce European leadership in safe and secure AI technology, we are proposing a virtual center of excellence on safe and secure AI that will address major challenges hampering the deployment of AI technolo...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
Why might this be relevant?
Focuses on safe and secure AI technology, but does not specifically address autonomous systems.