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Micky Irons
Micky Irons

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Shared IT felled London councils. AI must not repeat the mistake

Councils reduce the blast radius of shared IT failures by running AI on hardware they own, air-gapped and audited, rather than adding another shared dependency.

The cyberattack on shared London council IT that disrupted Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham shows why AI should not become another shared dependency. Running AI on a council's own hardware, air-gapped and with a signed audit record, stops a supplier compromise failing every authority at once.


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