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‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video.

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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.

Why it matters: A national intelligence chief publicly flagging AI's potential to raise the threat posed by biological weapons.

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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 AI, 20 Oct 2026, 12:14.

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