Artificial Intelligence Poses Risk From Malicious Actors Silicon UK

Artificial Intelligence promises many positive developments, but experts have warned that the technology could be exploited for malicious purposes. The warning came in a new report from the Future of Humanity Institute, with the authors drawn from leading universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Yale, along with privacy advocates and military experts. The report builds on the findings of a two day workshop in Oxford back in February 2017. Among the risks the report highlights are that AI could misused by rogue states, criminals and lone-wolf attackers. The researchers said that artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are growing at an unprecedented rate, and whilst a lot of attention has focused on its positive developments, "less attention has historically been paid to the ways in which artificial intelligence can be used maliciously."