1. United States
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Call hearings on Q-Day AI powered cyberattacks are deeply concerning by themselves, but it is the harbinger of something far worse: a moment called “Q Day.” Q Day is when AI-powered quantum computing becomes capable of breaking the public-key encryption protecting virtually every trusted computer network on earth (https://substack.com/redirect/79037ef8-5907-4b52-89a7-16c69d8bc465?j=eyJ1IjoicDA3ZnQifQ.-e5K6o-fKx1DSQNEqA_06xah7gBDFJ0olHk1irHQOFA). Q Day is a bigger problem than many policymakers outside of the information technology stovepipe realize. Even without quantum computing, AI-enabled cyberattacks have already proven dangerous. Paired with the brute force of quantum computing, AI will be able to defeat most encryption, across all domains, nearly instantaneously. When Q Day arrives, the Root of Trust (RoT) underpinning all electronic transactions—banking, power grids, defense systems, health care, supply chains, global financial markets—can be shattered at blinding speed. Everything connected to the internet becomes vulnerable without warning. (Source: nationalinterest.org)