Terrorists are plotting AI-enabled drone attacks on Britain, the head of MI5 warned on Tuesday.
Sir Ken McCallum said artificial intelligence is ‘supercharging’ the terrorist threat, enabling potential attacks on the UK with drones and bioweapons.
Following advances in drone weaponry on the battlefield in Ukraine – where bombings can be carried out remotely miles away from enemy lines – MI5 fears that the technology could be exported by terrorist groups to perpetrate attacks here.
He warned terrorists and hostile states could also exploit AI to create new pathogens to spread death and disease.
In his annual speech, the director-general said the emerging national
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