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Britain's spies are stepping up efforts to tackle cyber threats from abroad amid fears hostile states helped whip up far-right riots, it has emerged. Downing Street has admitted online misinformation over the Southport stabbing attack might have been amplified by foreign state actors. The National Crime Agency, the UK's equivalent of the FBI , has been probing bot activity in relation to the widespread disorder over the past two weeks. And, according to Bloomberg , the Government is working with spy agencies to set up a new body to increase intelligence cooperation. A 'Laboratory for AI Security Research' will unify work by Whitehall departments and intelligence officials to look at how Britain's enemies use AI offensively, it reported. Sources told the outlet this would range from looking at the spread of online misinformation to AI-made bio weapons.