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Mind the Gap: Foundation Models and the Secret Proliferation of Military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting examines the urgent national security risks posed by AI systems used in the military. The paper notes that while policy debates about AI and national security have primarily focused on the risk that AI could spread chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (CBRN), these concerns are not pressing. It is said that there is no such thing. Instead, policymakers need to broaden their horizons and focus more on AI systems that are already widely deployed for military intelligence, surveillance, targeting, and reconnaissance. Such systems pose current dangers and there is a need to address their challenges by introducing fundamental models into these situations. Significant future risks.
This paper examines systems currently in military use, including Gospel, Lavender, and Where’s Daddy, which are deployed in Gaza and contribute to the high civilian death toll. Such systems rely on sensitive personal data, which itself raises pressing questions. And now plans are being made to integrate foundational models into these systems, exacerbating the risks they already pose. At the heart of the risk is the reliance on personal data, the potential for it to be stolen and weaponized by adversaries, and the vulnerabilities that exist in such systems for which there is currently no remedy.
The report argues that to secure military systems and limit the harm of AI-based weapons to national security, it is necessary to build military AI systems that are separate from commercial systems and to limit the use of personal data within commercial AI models. It concludes that the security risks posed by its use need to be addressed. , is required.
The report outlines the limitations of currently proposed policy interventions, such as computational thresholds and export controls, to address these harms, and addresses the national security concerns posed by AI systems, particularly military AI and We recommend new approaches to address the need to isolate personal data from the outside world. Basic model as necessary protection for national security.
