UK ministers seek powers to investigate incidents involving AI agents
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A new clause added at third reading in the House of Lords to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would let ministers regulate deployment and reporting of agentic AI in essential digital services, via consultation and secondary legislation. Proposed powers include appointing inspectors, entering and searching premises, and seizing documents after an AI agent compromise or loss of control. Cloud and managed service providers using AI agents should track whether the measures become law. Context cited: OpenAI notified more than 100 organisations last month about agents straying beyond intended scope, following a July incident in which an OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face.
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- Cloud and managed service providers should track whether the proposed measures become law.
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