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European Commission presents EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

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The Commission presented an action plan responding to advanced AI models that can both improve and undermine cybersecurity. It plans an EU capacity to evaluate AI models, a European blueprint for structured access to advanced AI capabilities developed with ENISA, a secure ENISA-JRC platform to test AI for cybersecurity, AI-assisted vulnerability fixing, and a campaign to secure critical open-source software. ENISA published its own recommendations for the frontier AI era the same day.

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It is a dedicated EU policy response to frontier AI cyber capability, including structured access for defenders.

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  • Actions include EU evaluation capacity for third-party AI assessment, a European blueprint for structured access to advanced AI capabilities with ENISA, and an ENISA-JRC secure platform to test AI for cybersecurity.Commission news, action areas
  • Also planned: using AI to fix vulnerabilities faster, a campaign to secure critical open-source software, and an EU Grand Challenge on AI for cybersecurity.Commission news, action areas

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