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I527-290 ESRIF Final Report (WEB).indd - European Commission

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misuse are nano-technology, artifi cial intelligence and ‘synthetic biology’ (i.e., the use of DNA technology to ‘engineer’ living<br />

organisms). These threats will have to be continually monitored and countered.<br />

Therefore it is very important that security research programmes maintain a strategic “technology watch”, and foresight<br />

activities, regarding potential and real threats that may arise from technological development. This should include processes<br />

by which technologies interact with socio-economic developments at large.<br />

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