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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Sabbagh in Palo Alto, California

Terrorists could try to exploit artificial intelligence, MI5 and FBI chiefs warn

The MI5 director general, Ken McCallum (left), and the FBI director, Christopher Wray, at a press conference in London in 2022
The MI5 director general, Ken McCallum (left), and the FBI director, Christopher Wray, at a press conference in London in 2022. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Artificial intelligence could be harnessed by terrorists or hostile states seeking to build bombs, spread propaganda or disrupt elections, according to the heads of MI5 and the FBI.

Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, and Christopher Wray, the director of the FBI, said their organisations were monitoring developments and needed to cooperate with experts in the private sector to tackle emerging threats.

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