Terrorists could try to exploit artificial intelligence, MI5 and FBI chiefs warn

Intelligence summit told terror groups or hostile states may seek to use AI to build bombs or disrupt elections

Artificial intelligence could be harnessed by terrorists or hostile states seeking to build bombs, spread propaganda or disrupt elections, according to the heads of MI5 and the FBI.

Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, and Christopher Wray, the director of the FBI, said their organisations were monitoring developments and needed to cooperate with experts in the private sector to tackle emerging threats.