In its first statement on AI, China's Ministry of State Security warns AI poses risks to the nation's political and social security, including cyber defenses (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)

China's Ministry of State Security has warned that artificial intelligence poses risks to the nation's political and social security, including cyber defenses. According to the Financial Times, this is the ministry's first statement on AI. The ministry's concerns include the potential for AI to be used against the country.

The risks associated with AI were detailed by Chen Yixin, China's state security minister, who identified six major risks to national security. These risks include political manipulation, cyberattacks, data leakage, social disruption, and military transformation, as reported by the Arabian Post. Chen emphasized the need for a stronger system to monitor, regulate, and respond to the dangers created by rapidly advancing AI.

Some AI developers and experts have also expressed concerns about the rapid development of AI. For example, Anthropic's chief executive, Dario Amodei, has urged leading AI developers to slow the pace of frontier-model development so that safeguards can keep up with increasingly capable systems, as reported by the Arabian Post. However, not everyone shares these concerns, with US President Donald Trump previously dismissing warnings about AI as lacking substance, as reported by GBC Ghana.

Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, GBC Ghana, Arabian Post — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.