{"id":86215,"date":"2023-07-20T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/20\/british-spies-using-ai-to-disrupt-flow-of-weapons-to-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:18","slug":"british-spies-using-ai-to-disrupt-flow-of-weapons-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/07\/20\/british-spies-using-ai-to-disrupt-flow-of-weapons-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"British spies using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British spies are already using <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/artificial-intelligence-un-big-tech-first-5a184197c4281365866b5963d56f84ea\">artificial intelligence<\/a> to hamper the supply of weapons to Russia, the head of Britain\u2019s MI6 agency said Wednesday, predicting that Western intelligence agencies will increasingly have to focus on tracking the malign use of AI by hostile states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a rare public speech, Richard Moore also urged Russians who oppose <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">the invasion of Ukraine<\/a> to spy for Britain, saying others had already done so since the war began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur door is always open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech that depicted artificial intelligence as both a huge potential asset and a major threat, Moore said his staff at Britain\u2019s foreign intelligence agency \u201care combining their skills with AI and bulk data to identify and disrupt the flow of weapons to Russia for use against Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore called China the \u201csingle most important strategic focus\u201d for his agency and said, \u201cwe will increasingly be tasked with obtaining intelligence on how hostile states are using AI in damaging, reckless and unethical ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore, who has previously warned that the West was falling behind rivals in the AI race, said his service \u201ctogether with our allies, intends to win the race to master the ethical and safe use of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he said AI would not replace the need for human spies, arguing that the \u201chuman factor\u201d will remain crucial in an era of rapidly evolving machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs AI trawls the ocean of open source, there will be even greater value in landing, with a well-cast fly, the secrets that lie beyond the reach of its nets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that \u201cthe unique characteristics of human agents in the right places will become still more significant,\u201d highlighting spies\u2019 ability to \u201cinfluence decisions inside a government or terrorist group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore also told an audience at the British ambassador\u2019s residence in Prague that Russia\u2019s military campaign in Ukraine had run out of steam and \u201cthere appears to be little prospect of the Russian forces regaining momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Ukraine\u2019s counteroffensive was proving \u201ca hard grind\u201d against strong Russian defenses, but he was optimistic it would succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore said the government of President Vladimir Putin was beset by \u201cvenality, infighting and callous incompetence\u201d and the mutiny by Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had \u201cexposed the inexorable decay of the unstable autocracy over which Putin presides.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Putin was \u201cunder pressure\u201d after the brief rebellion and the \u201chumiliating\u201d deal he struck with the help of Belarus to end it. The Kremlin says Prigozhin attended a military meeting in Moscow with Putin after the mutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe really didn\u2019t fight back against Prigozhin. He cut a deal to save his skin,\u201d Moore told the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrigozhin started off as a traitor at breakfast, he had been pardoned by supper, and then two days later he was invited for tea,\u201d Moore said. \u201cSo there are some things that even the chief of MI6 finds a little bit difficult to interpret, in terms of who\u2019s in and who\u2019s out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He accused Russia of using Wagner as a tool of imperialism in Africa, offering leaders in the Central African Republic, Mali and other countries a \u201cFaustian pact\u201d of protection in return for handing over mineral wealth to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore also called out Iran for fueling further conflict in Ukraine by supplying Russia with drones and other weapons \u2014 a policy he said \u201chas provoked internal quarrels at the highest level of the regime in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking publicly about spycraft is still something of a novelty for Britain\u2019s intelligence services. The government refused even to confirm the existence of MI6 until 1992, and public speeches by its leaders are infrequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore chose to give Wednesday\u2019s address in the Czech capital, home of the 1968 \u201cPrague Spring\u201d freedom movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evoking that moment, he said many Russians now felt \u201cthe same tugs of conscience as their predecessors did in 1968.\u201d The crushing of the Prague Spring spurred a wave of defections from the USSR to the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI invite them to do what others have already done this past 18 months and join hands with us,\u201d he said, assuring prospective defectors that \u201ctheir secrets will always be safe with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most intelligence defectors\u2019 names are never known \u2014 unless something goes wrong. 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