Editorial analysis: For AI and security practitioners, the UN chief's warning underscores a widening operational surface where models, platforms, and low-cost robotics can be weaponized, changing monitoring and mitigation priorities. Reported events: In remarks at the Fourth High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, "Terrorists of all stripes are adapting. New technologies make it easier for them to finance and recruit. Terrorists have grown adept at exploiting emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, digital platforms, and unmanned weapons" (United Nations, June 29). He also said technology can help "detect threats early, stop the flow of illicit assets, and understand pathways to terrorist radicalization" (United Nations, June 29). News agencies including TASS and IANS carried the same passages in coverage of the speech (TASS; IANS/AP7AM).
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