New MI5 head promises to focus on China and harness AI
(The Guardian China)

Promotion of Glaswegian career officer Ken McCallum announced by Priti Patel MI5´s deputy will take the top job at the spy agency next month promising a sharper focus on China and to work more closely with the private sector in harnessing artificial intelligence in tackling hostile state and terrorist activity.Ken McCallum, a career MI5 officer, has been the agency´s deputy director general since April 2017 and was seen by insiders as the heir apparent at an organisation that prides itself on internal appointments to its leading position. Continue reading...