"Could" fuel an arms race?

..."likely" rushing to adapt the same technology?

..."prospect" of influence campaigns?

Any common sense person, who knows anything about AI, and the subversive nature of governments, would also assume that governments have more advanced AI that Internet users have. Every version of a civilian technology has a military grade counterpart with enhanced capabilities.

This propaganda, takes advantage of readers', if anyone is actually reading this, ignorance of AI. This article attempts to stir up fear out of a topic, and an effort, that has most likely been underway for years. AI is not new, people's awareness of it is.

Unfortunately, getting attention with speculation and heresay is more important that reporting actual information, which is why Wired, and many traditional media outlets are on the credibility down slope.