Deepfake technology could be harnessed by hostile states to sway the forthcoming general election, the head of MI5 has warned.
Ken McCallum said he was concerned that the technology could be used to create ‘all kinds of dissension and chaos in our societies’.
Speaking at a security summit in California, the Director General warned that artificial technology was also being used to amplify terrorism, disseminate propaganda and teach people how to build bombs.
At the first joint conference by the Five Eyes intelligence alliance comprising Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, AI was described by FBI Director Christopher Wray as a ‘serious threat’.