British Intelligence Chief Warns UKs Tech Lead Over China Is Narrowing

Director Anne Keast-Butler in an undated photo issued by Government Communications Headquarters on April 11, 2023. GCHQ via PA MediaBritain is at a “moment of consequence” with a narrowing window to stay ahead in critical technologies, said the director of its intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) on Wednesday.Anne Keast-Butler delivered the warning in GCHQ’s first annual lecture at Bletchley Park, the wartime codebreaking center. She noted rapid advances in artificial intelligence alongside growing geopolitical threats.