Artificial intelligence advances address challenges to cyber security

Experts have warned that an "arms race" is underway as countries try to use artificial intelligence to boost cyber security skills. "Whoever masters artificial intelligence will dominate the world in the future", a senior NATO cyber defence official told the DSEI 2019 conference in London. The official called on policymakers to pursue the technology and not be caught up in ethical debates over autonomous weapons systems and so-called killer robots. "There will be killer robots out there not bound by morality, ethics, or law," he said. Retired US Navy Vice Admiral Jan Tighe, who served as director of naval intelligence and was the former deputy chief for information warfare, also warned that developments in AI and cyber warfare will pose significant new challenges to security across the world.