AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

Intelligence agencies from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand issued an unusually blunt joint warning on Tuesday that artificial intelligence systems could soon be weaponized to orchestrate catastrophic attacks on critical infrastructure and government operations—a rare show of alarm that suggests officials believe the threat is imminent enough to override their typical operational secrecy. The Five Eyes alliance stopped short of naming specific vulnerabilities or attack scenarios, but the coordinated statement represents the clearest acknowledgment yet from Western intelligence communities that the breakneck pace of AI development has outstripped their ability to defend against it. The warning comes as private AI labs continue racing to build more powerful systems with minimal regulatory oversight, leaving governments racing to catch up before hostile

The Guardian·6h ago