Dire EV warning every Aussie needs to hear
2024-09-29
Daily Mail Online
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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce urged Australia to consider banning Chinese-made electric vehicles, citing fears that AI-enabled features like remote software updates and tracking could be weaponized for malicious purposes. No actual incident has occurred, but concerns center on potential national security and privacy risks.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article involves AI systems implicitly through the technology in electric vehicles and solar inverters that include software capable of remote updates, tracking, and control, which can be reasonably inferred to involve AI or advanced algorithmic systems. The concerns raised relate to the potential misuse or malicious use of these AI-enabled systems to cause harm such as disruption or privacy violations. However, no actual incident or harm has occurred; the fears are about plausible future misuse. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Hazard, as the development and use of these AI systems could plausibly lead to an AI Incident involving national security or privacy harms, but no direct or indirect harm has yet materialized.[AI generated]