Public Administration and Artificial Intelligence Minister Dominic Smith said Cabinet has newly approved an inter-ministerial committee to deal with cyber security and artificial intelligence (AI). He said it is meant to address cyber-security threats and AI-enabled scams.

He said there has been a rapid increase in cyber-related incidents and AI-enabled scams targeting public officials and well-known organisations.

“The range of illicit activities that currently target citizens include, but are not limited to, investor scams, some of which are using AI-generated likenesses of public figures, with the intent to defraud citizens. The government takes these threats very seriously.