{"id":387575,"date":"2026-10-13T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-is-supercharging-threats-to-uk-national-security-mi5-chief-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:00:05","slug":"ai-is-supercharging-threats-to-uk-national-security-mi5-chief-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-is-supercharging-threats-to-uk-national-security-mi5-chief-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is \u2018supercharging\u2019 threats to UK national security, MI5 chief warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/I51ASaUJeno\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"AI is \u2018supercharging\u2019 threats to UK national security, MI5 chief warns\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I51ASaUJeno\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The head of MI5 has warned that artificial intelligence is \u201csupercharging\u201d threats to the UK\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n<p>#AI #artificialintelligence #MI5 #Channel4News #C4News<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>In an annual threat update, Sir Ken McCallum highlighted \u201creal\u201d risks that AI could help extremist groups harness new and existing bioweapons, and produce radicalising material tailored to an individual.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the security service had \u201ccaught terrorists seeking to exploit AI to improve their reconnaissance and attack methodologies, with AI-enabled drones adding a new twist\u201d.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of MI5 has warned that artificial intelligence is \u201csupercharging\u201d threats to the UK\u2019s national security. #AI #artificialintelligence #MI5 #Channel4News #C4News [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] In an annual threat update, Sir Ken McCallum highlighted \u201creal\u201d risks that AI could help extremist groups harness new and existing bioweapons, and produce radicalising material tailored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":387576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-387575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AI is \u2018supercharging\u2019 threats to UK national security, MI5 chief warns | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch AI is \u2018supercharging\u2019 threats to UK national security, MI5 chief warns for free, here on News ISC. 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