Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Warns AI Could Be Misused by Terrorists

The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, has voiced his concerns regarding how terrorists or "rogue states" might use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to "harm innocent people," according to a BBC report.

“The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI - I talk about extreme risk,” the report quoted Schmidt as saying at the AI Action Summit in Paris.

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He is worried that these technologies might be misused for biological weapons development by "North Korea, or Iran, or even Russia."

For this reason, he calls for government oversight of private tech companies developing AI models, being in support of U.S. President Joe Biden's export control on powerful microchips to all but 18 countries.

It could still be reversed under the present President Trump, with Vice President JD Vance contemplating possible regulation as “killing an emerging industry just like it's about to take off.”

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"I'm always worried about the 'Osama Bin Laden' scenario, where you have some truly evil person who takes over some aspect of our modern life and uses it to harm innocent people," he said.

Still, he also said over-regulation would kill innovation: “AI and the future is largely going to be built by private companies.”

Schmidt added that “the consequence of overregulation in Europe is that the AI revolution, which is the most important revolution in my opinion since electricity, is simply not going to be invented in Europe.”

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