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In his annual speech on threats to the nation, MI5 head Sir Ken McCallum warned that AI could "change the stakes" on existing and even new bioweapons.

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“In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5 , warned that AI had the potential to ‘change the stakes’ on existing and even new bioweapons.”
Guardian Technology, 20 Oct 2026, 04:00.

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