Cutting eavesdropping risks using AI
UK government offices often host sensitive conversations, and it is important to ensure that these are not under threat from accidental or nefarious eavesdropping attempts. These risks are continually assessed due to the high pace of change in technology. In its latest challenge, HMGCC Co-Creation wants to hear from organisations developing artificial intelligence / machine learning techniques that provide advanced noise cancellation to help us understand what is now possible and to test in a government office scenario. Organisations are being asked to apply if, over a 12-week period, they can develop and demonstrate technology to meet this challenge, HMGCC Co-Creation will provide funding for time, materials, overheads and other indirect expenses.
Opportunity
Challenge opens
10/10/2024
Challenge closes
07/11/2024
Benefit
Organisations are being asked to apply if, over a 12 week period and with a budget of £60k, they can develop and demonstrate technology to meet this challenge. HMGCC Co-Creation will provide funding for time, materials, overheads and other indirect expenses.
Context of the Challenge
Government offices are often found in multi-occupancy buildings and open plan offices. All offices are designed to National Protective Security Agency specifications, to ensure a standard in physical and cyber protection. But there is more to learn. Understanding risk in this type of working environment is an important function. If there is an opportunity for eavesdropping, either accidentally or by a nefarious party, we would like to understand how challenging it would be to cancel out the irrelevant ambient noise to focus in on the conversation of significance.
The latest challenge launched by HMGCC Co-Creation sets out to understand the threat of third parties using artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) to cancel out randomised and unwanted noise.
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