Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could be misused in a "Bin Laden scenario" or by "rogue states" to cause harm to innocent people.
"The real fears I have are not the ones most people discuss when it comes to AI – I focus on extreme risk," Schmidt told the BBC. Speaking on the Today programme, the tech billionaire, who led Google from 2001 to 2017, cautioned that countries such as North Korea, Iran, or even Russia could obtain and abuse the technology to develop biological weapons.
