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MI5 Launches AI Threat Assessment Centre for Bioweapons Risks

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC · How we work

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Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, launched an AI Threat Assessment Centre to evaluate AI risks.
McCallum warned AI could alter the stakes of existing and new bioweapons.
McCallum named Russia as aggressor No. 1 and noted its intensified hybrid-warfare tactics.
He reported more than 50 arrests in the past year linked to Iran-directed operations.
MI5 data showed a rise in right-wing terrorist plots by 13- and 16-year-olds, both quickly thwarted.

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Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, launched an AI Threat Assessment Centre to evaluate AI risks.
McCallum warned AI could alter the stakes of existing and new bioweapons.
McCallum named Russia as aggressor No. 1 and noted its intensified hybrid-warfare tactics.
He reported more than 50 arrests in the past year linked to Iran-directed operations.
MI5 data showed a rise in right-wing terrorist plots by 13- and 16-year-olds, both quickly thwarted.