MI6 chief: We'll be as fluent in Python as we are in Russian

MI6’s new chief Blaise Metreweli outlined how converging technologies—AI, biotechnology, and quantum—are transforming conflict and placing the UK in a “space between peace and war,” with emphasis on Russian grey-zone tactics such as cyberattacks, drones near sensitive sites, and propaganda. She stressed the primacy of human judgment augmented by AI, called for service-wide technological fluency and recruitment of technologists and linguists, and highlighted continued openness through initiatives like the Silent Courier dark web portal.