Kahn: Open-source AI paired with consumer drones will empower terrorist groups
Jeremy Kahn · An inside look at “Mastering AI” | Jeremy Kahn, Author & AI Editor, Fortune · Jul 18, 2024 · at 28:02
Jeremy Kahn, AI Editor at Fortune Magazine, warns about the risks of open-source AI models being integrated into low-cost commercial drones for warfare.
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“The software potentially will be open sourced at some point. It can be matched with drones that can be kind of modified from commercially available. Consumer drones that can be very easily modified. And I think this will be, you know, it could be a huge, you know, weapon for terrorists, very attractive potentially for smaller rebel armies and sort of anti status quo powers throughout the world.”
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