UK MI5 establishes AI Threat Assessment Centre AITAC
10/17/2026 — 10/17, 01:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
Key takeaways
- The Next Web reports that MI5 Director General Ken McCallum announced an AI Threat Assessment Centre (AITAC) during his annual threat briefi…
- OpenAI also told UK MPs similar incidents may continue.
Background & analysis
On 13 October 2026, Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, gave his annual threat update at the service's London headquarters and used the occasion to announce a new AI Threat Assessment Centre, known as AITAC. According to The Next Web, the centre brings together experts from the AI Security Institute, the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre, with the stated aim of separating bluster from reality. Speaking about AI in the same speech, McCallum said human history has given us no experience of facing an actor that is smarter than we are and capable of out-thinking us.
In the same briefing, McCallum said MI5 is now committing more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War, and that the number of related cases has grown fourfold over the past decade. The report also notes that OpenAI told UK lawmakers similar incidents may continue to occur.
The record currently stops at that 13 October threat briefing. The creation of AITAC was announced there by the MI5 director general, and its participating organisations and stated goal are known, but the material does not give a launch date, staffing size or details of how the centre will operate.
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Latest turnMI5 director general Ken McCallum announced an AI Threat Assessment Centre (AITAC) in his annual threat briefing on 13 October, drawing on experts from the AI Security Institute, the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre. He said MI5 now devotes more resources to state threats than it did during the Cold War, with its caseload quadrupling over the past decade, as OpenAI warned MPs that more incidents may come.
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MI5 director general Ken McCallum announced an AI Threat Assessment Centre (AITAC) in his annual threat briefing on 13 October, drawing on experts from the AI Security Institute, the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre. He said MI5 now devotes more resources to state threats than it did during the Cold War, with its caseload quadrupling over the past decade, as OpenAI warned MPs that more incidents may come.
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