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The head of MI5 has made an unprecedented public appearance alongside his counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, to warn that companies, large and small, are unprepared for the threats posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Speaking to Sky News at the summit in Silicon Valley, the director general of Britain’s Security Service, Ken McCallum, said: “Right now emerging technology is coming through – AI is the most obvious example – which is capable of changing our world at a pretty fundamental level.
“Authoritarian states know that and are seeking to win the race to acquire as much advantage as they can in the growth of those exciting technologies.
“The states that lead the way in these technologies will wield immense power.
“And I would like for the citizens of the western democratic nations to be the beneficiaries of the outcome of that race, rather than to have that power in the hands of states who do not share our values.”
Mr McCallum, who has been the head of Britain’s domestic security agency since 2020, joined members of the Five Eyes intelligence partnership for the first Emerging Technology and Securing Innovation Security Summit in California.
Bringing business leaders, entrepreneurs, and academics face-to-face with the top security chiefs from five nations, Mr McCallum said: “The UK is seeing a sharp rise in aggressive attempts by other states to steal competitive advantage.
“It’s the same across all five of our countries.”
In Britain, MI5 has an existing relationship with certain companies deemed to be of high risk, including those involved with critical infrastructure.
But faced with that fast-growing threat, Mr McCallum said he now…
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