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UK defence secretary's AI pledge draws climate and security criticism

Original: This makes no sense given all the stories about LLM/agents hacking into government sites, banks and more. Even if you do

John Healey has made a pledge involving artificial intelligence, and the announcement is being questioned online. Critics argue the promise makes no sense given reports of large language models and autonomous agents hacking into government sites and banks, and point to the huge climate impact of data centres. Commenters say the boom in AI will lead to less security, not more, not only threatening the future but worsening environmental pressures.

Why now: A government AI pledge is being challenged over concerns about AI security risks and the climate cost of data centres.

John HealeyUnited Kingdom governmentartificial intelligencedata centres

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• This makes no sense given all the stories about LLM/agents hacking into government sites, banks and more. Even if you don't care about the future and the huge impact from data centers on climate change - which will lead to less security not more. "John Healey pledges to use… · tiggy@mastodonapp.uk · 5

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