AI cyber attacks and drones will undermine security

Terrorists, rogue states and criminals could soon use artificial intelligence to undermine freedom and national security, warns a new report. Superhuman hacking, surveillance and persuasion are just some of the terrifying features of artificial intelligence in 2018. The security implications of'emerging technologies' were announced by 26 experts in the AI field. They predict rapid cybercrime growth, drone misuse and the unprecedented rise in the use of'bots' to manipulate everything from elections to the news agenda and social media. The security implications of'emerging technologies' were announced by 26 experts in the AI field, who forecasted rapid cybercrime growth, drone misuse and the unprecedented rise in the use of'bots' to manipulate everything from elections to the news agenda and social media'Artificial intelligence is a game changer and this report has imagined what the world could look like in the next five to ten years,' said Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, co-author and Executive Director of Cambridge University's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.