Is AI a national security threat?
The Times Tech Podcast

Is AI a national security threat?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 15, 202621 min
  • Technology

MI5 has warned that AI is "supercharging" security threats to the UK, while Britain’s AI minister said it was “inevitable” that Britain is going to be hacked by rogue AI agents. Danny and Katie look at the growing security fears around AI, including the FBI investigating a case involving a former OpenAI employee accused of planting a covert recording device at the company’s San Francisco office. This comes days after Jacob Coxon, the former Anthropic employee who warned about AI’s existential threat, raised alarms about the possibility of spies inside Anthropic...

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Your heart can tell you a lot about your health. Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every five seconds with the most advanced heart rate sensing in an Apple Watch. So your Vitals app, now with heart rate variability,

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could tell you when something is off. And your readiness score can let you know when to rest and when to push. Hear the story in every heartbeat with Apple Watch Series 12. For general wellness purposes only,

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not intended for clinical use or to detect, diagnose, monitor, monitor or treat medical conditions, requires iPhone 11 or later. Nordea, so see you at that edu-lice, Mmin.

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