19th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The dual use of AI –   Possibilities and risks, legal regulation, cybersecurity, 5G

Mr. Jacob Norwood made remarks about artificial intelligence. He had a pro-AI approach. He talked about how AI can be very beneficial to detecting data breaches. An example he stated was on how companies currently take a long time to detect data beaches. He specifically referred to an enterprise who was breached and how it took them a while to figure out that multiple smaller incidents were all part of a much larger breach. With AI, he argued, we would be able to detect these breaches in a matter of hours, given data of sufficient quantity and quality. He also noted that bad actors have access to the same technology and, when combined with personal, corporate, or national data, they can use AI and that data to pick targets for espionage, influence, or for breaches. How can we combat this issue? We need to invest more in cybersecurity and AI in order to counter this problem. Most importantly, lawmakers can pass legislation to protect national, corporate, and citizen’s data, preventing it from falling into the hands of adversary AI.