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UK in ‘new era of national security’ as AI supercharges rising threats, security chief warns
McCallum said state threats now match terrorism in scale as MI5 opens a new AI center and cites a quadrupling of caseloads over a decade.
- On Tuesday, MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned that the United Kingdom has entered a "more contested era," with artificial intelligence poised to supercharge threats from hostile states and terrorists alike.
- State threats now operationally match terrorism in scale, with MI5 devoting more resources to countering them than during the Cold War, manifesting as "arson, sabotage, cyber-attacks, coercion violence."
- McCallum announced creation of a new AI Threat Assessment Center, cautioning that "comparatively low sophistication actors may have a capability uplift in the AI era" without effective government "guardrails."
- Russia remains "aggressor number one" conducting hybrid warfare against European nations, while Iran has attempted to "expand their hybrid campaign" against military sites, resulting in more than 50 arrests.
- Despite rising focus on state actors, McCallum accused China of conducting espionage in Britain and emphasized that terrorism "remains a top concern for MI5" with an attack "highly likely.
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UK in ‘new era of national security’ as AI supercharges rising threats, security chief warns
London (CNN) — The United Kingdom has entered a new phase of national security as a “more contested era” replaces the stability of the post Cold War years, the head of the country’s domestic security service MI5 said Tuesday, delivering…
Sir Ken McCallum says more is being done to tackle state threats than the Cold War, warning that AI could be used to develop drones and powerfully bioweapons.
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