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Emerging Technology Trends to Watch in 2025
Read the Expert AnalysisThe emerging technology landscape will continue to evolve at pace throughout 2025, with significant implications for national and international security. While these future developments are impossible to accurately predict, this article outlines the five emerging trends CETaS researchers are most concerned about for the year ahead, and the five trends we are most excited about.
CETaS in the News
UK police not equipped to protect SMRs, analysts say
New Civil Engineer story
Wednesday 15 Jan 2025
Did AI Deepfakes Change the 2024 US Election?
Vice news story
Tuesday 31 Dec 2024
AI-Generated Images and Deepfakes Had Little Effect on 2024 Elections
PetaPixel news story
Monday 30 Dec 2024
How did misinformation and foreign interference shape the ‘super year’ of elections?
Euro News story
Friday 27 Dec 2024
How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes
Financial Times news story
Friday 27 Dec 2024
Deepfakes Barely Impacted 2024 Elections Because They Aren’t Very Good, Research Finds
Gizmodo news story
Friday 27 Dec 2024
The god illusion: why the pope is so popular as a deepfake
Guardian news story
Saturday 21 Dec 2024
What happened to the ‘AI election’?
Emerging Tech Brew news story
Thursday 12 Dec 2024
Voters urged to be vigilant about AI disinformation
Australian Associated Press news story
Saturday 7 Dec 2024
Russia Behind Removed Covert Influence Campaigns, Says Meta
Tech.co news story
Tuesday 3 Dec 2024
Meta says it has taken down about 20 covert influence operations in 2024
The Guardian news story
Tuesday 3 Dec 2024
Issue Brief: AI for Cyber Defense
Frontier Model Forum
Friday 22 Nov 2024
AI impacted US elections more than UK, French, and EU elections, reports new research
Euractiv news story
Friday 15 Nov 2024
Alan Turing Institute urges action after widespread election disinformation campaigns
National Technology News story
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
AI-generated content amplified harmful narratives during global elections
Computing news story
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
AI threats to democracy spark concern in new report
Digital Watch news story
Thursday 14 Nov 2024
Researchers Urge for Safeguards Against Future AI Election Threats
Digit news story
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024
AI Content’s Role in Election Narratives: A 2024 Review
Newsroom-BD story
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024
AI’s Impact on Elections Raises Concerns
Financial News story
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024
AI content ‘amplified harmful narratives’ in ‘year of elections’, report claims
UKTN news story
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024
AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
Washington Post news story
Saturday 9 Nov 2024
Fejkfabriken ("The fake factory")
SVT news documentary (in Swedish)
Thursday 31 Oct 2024
From Taylor Swift To Troll Farms: AI’s Real Impact On Election 2024
Forbes story
Thursday 31 Oct 2024
‘AI-generated’ is the new ‘fake news’
Global Witness article
Thursday 31 Oct 2024
A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
Wall Street Journal news story
Sunday 27 Oct 2024
Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence
Interim report
Thursday 24 Oct 2024
AI-pocalypse Now?
Munich Security Conference report
Monday 21 Oct 2024
State of AI Report
Air Street Capital
Thursday 10 Oct 2024
GenAI edges closer to enterprise maturity
Computer Weekly news story
Friday 4 Oct 2024
2024 U.S. elections: Are social media platforms prepared to stop misinformation?
Logically Facts article
Friday 4 Oct 2024
How much is AI meddling in elections?
Reuters news story
Tuesday 24 Sep 2024
What the US can learn from the role of AI in other elections
MIT Technology Review news story
Tuesday 24 Sep 2024
Biometric data: Misuse, use, and collation
UK Parliament research briefing
Monday 23 Sep 2024
Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation
Biometric Update news story
Friday 20 Sep 2024
AI-generated content doesn’t seem to have swayed recent European elections
MIT Technology Review news story
Wednesday 18 Sep 2024
Getting the UK’s Legislative Strategy for AI Right
Contribution to Tony Blair Institute Position Paper
Thursday 12 Sep 2024
All AI has done this election is convince Taylor Swift to endorse Harris
Business Insider news story
Thursday 12 Sep 2024
Strategic competition in the age of AI
Citations in RAND Research Report
Friday 6 Sep 2024
How cyberattacks on offshore wind farms could create huge problems
The Conversation news story
Thursday 5 Sep 2024
AI’s impact on elections is being overblown
MIT Technology Review news story
Tuesday 3 Sep 2024
Police use of facial recognition in Britain is spreading
Economist news story
Tuesday 3 Sep 2024
NATO must recognize the potential of open-source intelligence
Atlantic Council article
Tuesday 13 Aug 2024
UK Biometrics Strategy: Time for a reset?
Security Journal UK article
Thursday 11 Jul 2024
UK needs new biometrics strategy: Scotland Biometrics Commissioner
UK needs new biometrics strategy: Scotland Biometrics Commissioner
Tuesday 9 Jul 2024
UK Elections and Misinformation AI
BBC World Service interview with Sam Stockwell
Thursday 4 Jul 2024
Expert Spotlight – Electoral Misinformation and Disinformation
Frazer-Nash news story
Tuesday 2 Jul 2024
Is AI a threat to elections?
Science or Fiction podcast episode
Sunday 30 Jun 2024
AI could help secure offshore wind farms from cyberattacks, says Alan Turing Institute
Electrical Review news story
Thursday 27 Jun 2024
UK offshore wind arsenal susceptible to cyberattacks, warns think tank
HVAC news story
Monday 24 Jun 2024
Were Fears Of Disinformation During The Election Exaggerated?
PoliticsHome news story
Saturday 22 Jun 2024
Could AI Help Protect Offshore Wind Farms From Cyber-attacks?
DIGIT news story
Friday 21 Jun 2024
This election is a maze of confusing policies, but here's how AI could help
Evening Standard news story
Friday 21 Jun 2024
UK offshore wind farms vulnerable to cyberattacks
Energy Live News story
Friday 21 Jun 2024
How Worried Should We Actually Be About Election Interference?
HuffPost news story
Wednesday 19 Jun 2024
Technology: legal gaps expose UK election to disinformation threat
International Bar Association news story
Monday 17 Jun 2024
Assurance of third-party AI systems for UK national security
OECD case study
Thursday 13 Jun 2024
More than 90% of UK public have encountered misinformation online, study says
Yahoo! News story
Thursday 30 May 2024
OpenAI is very smug after thwarting five ineffective AI covert influence ops
Register news story
Thursday 30 May 2024
Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI – podcast
Guardian podcast episode
Thursday 30 May 2024
General Election 2024: How to spot misinformation and fakes
ITV News story
Thursday 30 May 2024
Sumsub puts numbers to deepfakes preceding elections; govts take action
Biometric Update news story
Thursday 30 May 2024
Electoral Commission to warn voters of online disinformation amid foreign interference election fears
Independent news story
Thursday 30 May 2024
AI deepfakes and election misinformation
Science Media Centre news story
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Action needed to protect election from AI disinformation, study says
Evening Standard news story
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Alan Turing Institute warns of AI threats to general election
UK Authority news story
Wednesday 29 May 2024
The threat of AI to the UK general election
BBC Radio 4 interview with Sam Stockwell
Wednesday 29 May 2024
AI-generated photos and videos pose threat to General Election as 'deep-fake' images could be used to attack politicians' characters, spread hate, and erode trust in democracy
Daily Mail news story
Wednesday 29 May 2024
The threat of AI to the UK general election
BBC Radio 5 Live interview with Sam Stockwell
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Time running out for regulators to tackle AI threat ahead of general election, researchers warn
Sky News story
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Action needed to protect election from AI disinformation, study says
Evening Standard podcast episode
Wednesday 29 May 2024
The threat of AI to the UK general election
Good Morning Scotland interview with Sam Stockwell
Wednesday 29 May 2024
UK Government Urged to Publish Guidance for Electoral AI
Bank Info Security news story
Tuesday 28 May 2024
South Korea’s President calls semiconductors a field of “all-out war”; announces $19bn support package for industry
DCD news story
Thursday 23 May 2024
UK Semiconductor Institute launched
Tech Monitor news story
Monday 20 May 2024
Looking forward: Sam Stockwell and Megan Hughes explore future Biometric trends for policing and law enforcement
Intersec news story
Monday 13 May 2024
Supply of semiconductor chips
Citation in UK Parliament Research Briefing
Thursday 2 May 2024
Alan Turing Institute report advises AI to be embraced in security
UK Authority news story
Friday 26 Apr 2024
Report sees AI as key to national security decision making
Advance news story
Thursday 25 Apr 2024
AI Key for National Security, Says New Turing Institute Report
DIGIT news story
Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
Using AI for national security decision making vital but risky, report warns
Evening Standard news story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
Using AI for national security decision making vital but risky, report warns
Yahoo! News story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
Alan Turing Institute says UK’s national security decision makers need training on AI's limits
The Stack news story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
AI is coming to help national security – but could bring major risks, official report
Business Fast news story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
AI is coming to help national security – but could bring major risks, official report warns
Independent news story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
AI new weapon for intelligence agencies - report
Emerging Risks news story
Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
UK needs “ambitious” partnership with South Korea to shore up chip supply chain - report
DCD news story
Friday 12 Apr 2024
Report highlights shortcomings in UK chip plans
Computer Weekly news story
Wednesday 10 Apr 2024
UK Semiconductor Strategy: Gaps and Opportunities
DIGIT news story
Wednesday 10 Apr 2024
Public worried by police and companies sharing biometric data
Computer Weekly news story
Tuesday 9 Apr 2024
Commissioner welcomes CETaS report
Statement by the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
Thursday 4 Apr 2024
Brits support police use of biometrics technology but only if its regulated: survey
Biometric Update news story
Friday 29 Mar 2024
Survey shows mixed views on police use of biometrics
UK Authority news story
Thursday 28 Mar 2024
What Does the Public Think of Sharing Biometric Data to Tackle Crime?
Digit news story
Thursday 28 Mar 2024
Written evidence submitted by The Alan Turing Institute
UK Parliament report
Wednesday 20 Mar 2024
AI for everyone
AI Fringe report
Monday 26 Feb 2024
Is AI really a threat to democracy?
Dazed news story
Saturday 24 Feb 2024
Alan Turing Institute hits ‘key milestone’ in AI strategy
Computer Weekly news story
Thursday 15 Feb 2024
UK will miss AI goldrush unless Government adopts a more positive vision
UK Parliament report
Friday 2 Feb 2024
Lords Committee questions legality of Live Facial Recognition Technology
House of Lords report
Saturday 27 Jan 2024
‘Unintended harms’ of generative AI pose national security risk to UK, report warns
Tech Monitor news story
Saturday 16 Dec 2023
Proceed with Caution
UK Government report
Friday 1 Dec 2023
AI systems ‘subject to new types of vulnerabilities,’ British and US cyber agencies warn
The Record news story
Monday 27 Nov 2023
Independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Report for the UK Home Office
Friday 10 Nov 2023
AI, memory safety are real threats to IoT security
Embedded news story
Tuesday 7 Nov 2023
AI chief urges Britain to build a rival to ChatGPT for UK's security services - after Rishi Sunak warned containing artificial intelligence should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war
Daily Mail news story
Sunday 29 Oct 2023
Future risks of frontier AI (Annex A)
UK Government report
Wednesday 25 Oct 2023
AI and International Security
UNIDIR report
Thursday 12 Oct 2023
Artificial Intelligence Beyond Weapons
UNIDIR report
Wednesday 11 Oct 2023
Skating to Where the Puck is Going
Center for Security and Emerging Technology report
Monday 2 Oct 2023
AI Safety Summit
UK Government report
Sunday 1 Oct 2023
AI must have better security, says top cyber official
BBC news story
Tuesday 18 Jul 2023
James Bond’s job safe as GCHQ scientist says AI can only do ‘extremely junior’ spying
The Telegraph news story
Thursday 6 Jul 2023
Research and Publications
CETaS Outlook: Emerging Technology Trends to Watch in 2025
Expert Analysis
Ardi Janjeva et al., "CETaS Outlook: Emerging Technology Trends to Watch in 2025," CETaS Expert Analysis (January 2025).
National Security, Local Jeopardy
Why the UK’s nuclear power ambitions depend on police reform
Expert Analysis
Fraser Sampson and John McNeill, "National Security, Local Jeopardy: Why the UK’s nuclear power ambitions depend on police reform," CETaS Expert Analysis (January 2025).
China’s Quest for Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency
The impact on UK and Korean industries
Briefing Paper
Ardi Janjeva, Seoin Baek and Andy Sellars, “China’s Quest for Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency: The impact on UK and Korean industries,” CETaS Briefing Papers (December 2024).
Realising the Potential of Sociotechnical Approaches to AI Evaluation
Expert Analysis
Ardi Janjeva, Anna Gausen and Tvesha Sippy, "Realising the Potential of Sociotechnical Approaches to AI Evaluation," CETaS Expert Analysis (December 2024).
Rocket from the Crypto: State-backed Criminal Groups and the Fintech Sector
Expert Analysis
Chris Raggett, "Rocket from the Crypto: State-backed Criminal Groups and the Fintech Sector," CETaS Expert Analysis (November 2024).
The State of AI for Strategic Warning
Expert Analysis
Anna Knack and Nandita Balakrishnan, "The State of AI for Strategic Warning," CETaS Expert Analysis (November 2024).
AI-Enabled Influence Operations: Safeguarding Future Elections
Research Report
Sam Stockwell, Megan Hughes, Phil Swatton, Albert Zhang, Jonathan Hall and Kieran, "AI-Enabled Influence Operations: Safeguarding Future Elections," CETaS Research Reports (November 2024).
AI-Enabled Influence Operations: How to Protect the 2024 US Election
Expert Analysis
Sam Stockwell
The US Executive Order on AI: National Security Implications
Explainer
Rosamund Powell, "The US Executive Order on AI: National Security Implications," CETaS Explainers (November 2024).
Highlights from the CETaS Annual Showcase 2024
Watch highlights from the CETaS Annual Showcase 2024 with excerpts from speeches by senior decision-makers and leading figures from the UK's national security community.