Canada's spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country's increasingly important artificial-intelligence sector.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says in a newly released analytical brief that countries including China and Russia can be expected to "pursue Canada's AI through all available vectors" -- from state-sponsored investment to the use of covert operatives.
CSIS says emerging artificial intelligence capabilities and machine-learning tools are seen as key to developing ways to reduce plastic in the oceans, find a vaccine to treat the next looming pandemic, stem emissions that cause climate change and find safe navigation methods for self-driving cars. As a result, artificial intelligence has been reflected in the federal government's intelligence priorities for several years, CSIS says.The first entails espionage and foreign interference in attempts to gain access to proprietary Al technology and know-how via trade , state-sponsored foreign investment, joint ventures , cyberespionage, intelligence operatives, insider threats, talent spotting and recruitment.
Aaron Shull, managing director and general counsel at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ont., said he agrees with CSIS's assessment, but would go even further. CSIS says the importance of protecting Canadian artificial intelligence and the Big Data underpinning it goes beyond simply protecting the privacy of citizens, and involves "securing the future of our nation against the actions of hostile state actors with the intent to leverage their capabilities against us."
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