Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

This report is based on discussions in CEPS’ Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. The Task Force was composed of industry experts, representatives of EU and international institutions, academics, civil society organisations and practitioners (see list of participants in Annex II). The activity of the group started in autumn 2019, met on four separate occasions and continued online during the Covid-19 breakout, until March 2021. As Coordinator of the Task Force, I would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of all the participants in this work. Particular thanks go to the members of the Advisory Board: Joanna Bryson at the Hertie School for Governance, Berlin, Mariarosaria Taddeo at the University of Oxford, Jean-Marc Rickli at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Marc Ph. Stoecklin at IBM Research Center, Zurich. I also wish to acknowledge the substantial work done by my fellow rapporteurs, Stefano Fantin, Afonso Ferreira and Carolina Polito. This work has been a collective endeavour and, as indicated in the text itself, other Task Force participants or members of the advisory board directly contributed their expertise by personally drafting selected sections of the report, namely Joanna Bryson, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Jean-Marc Rickli, David Clark, Rob Spiger, Chris Hutchins, Matt Walmsley, Sebastian Gerlach, and Matti Aksela. I am also grateful to members who kindly volunteered to review earlier versions of this report, especially Marc Radice, Carol Mezat, Alex Sangers, Rachel Azafrani, Philip Graefen, Giuseppe Giovanni Daquino, Federica Russo, Nineta Polemi, Wide Hogenhout and Miguel Gonzales- Sancho-Bodero. Thanks also go to the invited speakers who contributed to the Task Force discussions.