UK in ‘new era of national security’ as AI supercharges rising threats, security chief warns
- On Tuesday, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned that artificial intelligence has the "potential to change the stakes" on bioweapons, stating these technological risks are "real."
- To address these challenges, McCallum announced the launch of a new AI Threat Assessment Centre , drawing expertise to separate "bluster from the realities."
- State threat caseloads have quadrupled over the past 10 years, with McCallum labeling Russia "aggressor number one" and the agency devoting more resources than at any time since the Cold War.
- Extreme right-wing terrorism has pushed Britain's threat level to "severe," while Iran attempted to "expand their hybrid campaign" with more than 50 arrests in Iran-linked operations this year.
- Addressing the public directly, the Director General issued a rallying cry for increased societal resilience, noting that community cohesion has become a vital "front line" against those aiming to sow division.
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The head of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI5), Ken McCallum, has said the agency is devoting more resources to countering national threats than it did during the Cold War. He named Russia as the biggest national threat, but also warned of threats from Iran and artificial intelligence, the BBC reported.
AI could "change the deal" for existing and future biological weapons, warned the Director General of MI5 on Tuesday, British domestic intelligence, in an annual update on the threats facing his country. ...
The head of Britain's secret service (MI5) has said that Russia is the "No. 1" aggressor to Britain, as threats from foreigners have quadrupled in a decade. The post MI5: Russia, Iran and AI threaten Britain - More dangers than the Cold War era appeared first on in.gr.
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