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Date(s) - 11 Nov 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Dr Jason R C Nurse (MBCS, FHEA)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers powerful new ways to work and solve problems, but it also creates opportunities for misuse and raises difficult questions about its effects on people. From cybercriminals using AI to strengthen their attacks to reports of agents escaping their sandboxes and targeting real organisations and governments, the risks are becoming harder to ignore. The talk also considers how models can mirror users and reinforce what they want to hear, rather than offer an honest response. Together, these issues reveal why AI’s promise and danger deserve a closer look, and why the subject keeps me awake at night.
Bio:
Dr Jason R.C. Nurse is a Reader in Cybersecurity at the University of Kent, UK. He also holds the roles of Associate Fellow at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Visiting Fellow in Defence and Security at Cranfield University, and Research Member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His research specialises in the human aspect of cybersecurity and AI including human cyber risk, cyber psychology and AI-enabled threats. Dr Nurse has published close to 200 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious security venues, and his research has been featured in national and international media including the BBC, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Wired, The Telegraph, and The Independent. Prior to joining Kent, Dr Nurse was a Senior Researcher in Cyber Security at the University of Oxford and before that, a Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of Warwick.
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