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Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

arXiv 2506.12094 ↗First posted 12 Jun 2025cs.CY cs.AIcited by 2

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Abstract (arXiv)

This paper argues that autonomous AI cyber-weapons - Military-AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) - create a credible pathway to catastrophic risk. It sets out the technical feasibility of MAICAs, explains why geopolitics and the nature of cyberspace make MAICAs a catastrophic risk, and proposes political, defensive-AI and analogue-resilience measures to blunt the threat.

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