# Dutch intelligence chief says AI may become a threat in itself

> AIVD director-general Simone Smit says she takes into account that artificial intelligence may become a new threat in its own right, separate from the existing threats it is used for.

Politics · published 2026-10-24 05:31 · https://nlnow.nl/a/dutch-intelligence-chief-says-ai-may-become-a-threat-itself/

Simone Smit, director-general of the AIVD, the Dutch intelligence and security service, says she takes into account that AI itself may become a new threat, separate from the existing threats for which it is used. She said so in Wereldupdate, a podcast by the think tank Clingendael.

Smit said AI is being used as a geopolitical tool. In her words, it offers great opportunities but is also a threat that the AIVD is researching.

## Background

- **AIVD (Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst)**: The General Intelligence and Security Service is the Netherlands' civilian intelligence and security agency. It investigates threats to national security, such as espionage, terrorism, extremism and threats to the democratic legal order, and advises the government and other bodies on these risks.
- **Clingendael**: The Clingendael Institute, officially the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, is an independent Dutch think tank based in The Hague. It researches foreign policy, security and international affairs, and publishes reports, analyses and the Wereldupdate podcast.

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