英国网络间谍计划建立人工智能实验室以应对敌对国家的威胁

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-08Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-08

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英国网络间谍正在加大力度应对来自不友好国家的网络威胁和人工智能,因为最近的干扰在过去十天里在全国范围内引发了广泛的骚乱。

据内部人士透露,英国国家安全监听站GCHQ正在与首相凯尔·斯塔默的政府合作建立一个“人工智能安全研究实验室”

新组织将汇集各部委和情报官员,他们希望研究人工智能如何被英国的敌人用于进攻。该实验室的主要目标将是应对各种威胁,从假新闻传播(在过去十天里已经导致骚乱)到使用人工智能制造的生物武器。GCHQ尚未对该项目发表任何评论。

GCHQ和总理启动AI安全倡议

最近的事件凸显了这个项目需要多么迫切地启动。英国当局怀疑,外国支持的机器人被用来放大社交媒体上的反移民情绪,这导致了围绕杀害三名年轻女孩的嫌疑人的错误信息引发的骚乱。新机构计划与科技公司、学术专家和国际合作伙伴合作,共同应对基于人工智能对国家安全和英国企业的威胁。然而,在现阶段,这些都是可能改变的早期计划。

七国集团和欧盟已将打击俄罗斯虚假信息和影响力行动作为首要任务。在意大利,在最近的一次领导人峰会上,努力包括揭露俄罗斯的竞选活动,制裁相关个人和媒体,协调应对措施,防止虚假信息在主要技术平台上传播。

英国面临持续的网络攻击

该国及其盟友仍然极易受到黑客攻击。2021年5月,中国黑客被指在一次网络攻击中窃取了英国军事人员的数据;当年早些时候,伦敦指责北京针对政客、公司和持不同政见者,同时窃取英国选民记录。中国政府否认了所有针对他们的指控。

近年来,GCHQ在许多国家安全项目中发挥了关键作用。去年,时任总干事的Anne Keast-Butler指出了他们的价值,包括提供重要情报,帮助西方在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后做出反应,瓦解国内各种恐怖主义阴谋,打击在英国造成重大损失的勒索软件攻击。

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