{
  "id": 18660499,
  "title": "Europe needs Cold War-like deterrence for AI warfare, Poland says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/europe-needs-cold-war-like-deterrence-for-ai-warfare-poland-says",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-07T07:00:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/07/europe-needs-cold-war-like-deterrence-for-ai-warfare-poland-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has called for Europe to adopt a Cold War-era strategy of mutually assured destruction to counter the growing threat of AI-powered warfare. Gawkowski, who heads Poland's Ministry for Digital Affairs, warned that cyberattacks in his country will increase tenfold by 2027 as large language models become more advanced and widely accessible.\n\nHe argued that the threat posed by AI is not limited to cybercriminals, but also extends to state-level adversaries like Russia and Belarus. Gawkowski insisted that these cyberattacks should be treated as acts of war, not merely hybrid warfare, and urged European nations to revise their security strategies and resources accordingly.\n\nGawkowski drew a parallel between physical attacks on critical infrastructure, such as power plants, supermarkets, and hospitals, and the digital attacks now being carried out against these facilities. He emphasized that these digital bombs are not coincidental, but rather a deliberate and escalating threat.\n\nHe warned that if Europe fails to acknowledge and respond to this AI threat, it risks being paralyzed by the potential destruction caused by such attacks. Gawkowski called for a clear signal of intent to retaliate against attackers, lest Europe be left defenseless in the face of this new form of warfare.",
  "summary": "The rise in AI-powered cyberattacks requires Europe to build a deterrence system similar to the one that prevented mutual destruction during the Cold War, Polish Deputy Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has said.",
  "key_points": [
    "Poland's Deputy Prime Minister calls for Cold War-style deterrence against AI warfare.",
    "AI cyberattacks in Poland expected to increase tenfold by 2027.",
    "State-level adversaries like Russia and Belarus pose AI threat."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Treating digital strikes as formal acts of war signals a shift toward extreme deterrence to prevent state-level adversaries from paralyzing European infrastructure through increasingly accessible artificial intelligence.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}