Blaise Metreweli says world ‘more dangerous and contested now than for decades’ as AI and new technologies emerge
Britain is caught in “a space between peace and war” complicated by the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies dominated by powerful individuals and corporations, according to the new head of MI6.
Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, also accused Russia of being insincere about Ukraine peace negotiations but made minimal reference to China as the prime minister, Keir Starmer, seeks to arrange a visit to Beijing.
Her central message was that the world was “more dangerous and contested now than for decades”, with emerging technologies “rewriting the reality of conflict as they converge to create science-fiction like tools”.
Power was “becoming more diffuse, more unpredictable as control over these technologies is shifting from states to corporations, and sometimes to individuals”, the spy chief said in a speech at MI6’s London headquarters.
