AI poses national security threat, warns terror watchdog

Security services fear the new technology could be used to groom vulnerable people

The creators of artificial intelligence need to abandon their tech utopian" mindset, according to the terror watchdog, amid fears that the new technology could be used to groom vulnerable individuals.

Jonathan Hall KC, whose role is to review the adequacy of terrorism legislation, said the national security threat from AI was becoming ever more apparent and the technology needed to be designed with the intentions of terrorists firmly in mind.