Putin’s paranoia: AI espionage pushes Kremlin to reinforce security measures

Summary

Russia’s security services temporarily disconnected a special surveillance system protecting Putin and his close circle in the wake of the US-Israeli killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Financial Times reported. The alleged incident highlights the heightened security threat of AI video analysis for the Russian leadership, said Ksenia Ermoshina, a senior researcher at the Center for Internet and Society of the CNRS.