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MI5’s State-Threat Caseload Quadruples as Terrorists Try AI Drones

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How state-related threats changed over the past decadeIndependently confirmed3
MI5 resources devoted to countering state threatsIndependently confirmed3
Arrests linked to Iranian operationsIndependently confirmed2
The UK terrorism threat level returning to severeIndependently confirmed2
Terrorists’ attempts to use AIIndependently confirmed2
AI’s potential role in biological weaponsIndependently confirmed2
What a severe terrorism threat level meansNot independently confirmed2
Extreme right-wing terrorism’s role in increased riskIndependently confirmed2
AI’s effect on the cybersecurity contestNot independently confirmed2
AI-enabled drones and terrorist threatsNot independently confirmed2
AI-generated propaganda and radicalising materialNot independently confirmed2
Intelligence work with the UK AI Security InstituteNot independently confirmed2

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