MI5 Chief Warns Terrorists Could Get Their Hands on 'New' Biological Weapons
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The Independent
The Independent (US)In the AI age, MI5 needs all the help it can get
Editorial: When national security chief Sir Ken McCallum warns that lone-wolf terrorists and hostile nation states could use artificial intelligence to create bioweapons for a hybrid war, he must be given all the tools he needs to protect us
"In short, the history of humanity has never provided us with the experience of facing a smarter actor than we do. Able to think better than we do. This is really new," said Ken McCallum, presenting the annual report on the security challenges in the UK. According to McCallum, MI5 has already detected suspects who use artificial intelligence to improve their reconnaissance efforts and methods of attack, such as AI piloted drones. Artificial inte…
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AI could "change the deal" for existing and future biological weapons, warned the Director General of MI5 on Tuesday.
The threat of AI could change "the rules of the game" in the field of biological weapons, warned on Tuesday the head of the British intelligence services, MI5. "In short, the history of humanity has never provided us with the experience of facing a smarter actor than us. [...] The entry The AI threatens to change "the rules of the game" of biological weapons, warns an intelligence chief was first published in Information Focus.
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