If I understand the question correctly, you're asking about potentially adversarial countries using powerful AI systems to undermine our sovereignty.
I think in one way, AI is kind of the ultimate underminer of sovereignty, potentially. The way that you use it and the way that it processes information are very unaccountable, especially the way that we govern it currently. I think, in terms of attacks from China, Russia and other countries, there is certainly speculation that AI systems can be used to enhance cyber-weapons, for example, and other kinds of attacks like that. Certain AI systems have been used extensively to find vulnerabilities in computer systems, for example.
There are lots of papers and discussions that speculate on how AI can enable different weapons, including CBRN, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence weapons and so on. Whether that's an imminent threat...I think there's always an imminent threat. I spoke to an expert once who worked in the nuclear space who said that we're always about 10 seconds away from having a significant cyber-attack against a grid in a major country or in a major sector of a country. I think cyber-attacks are always a significant risk. Whether AI makes that more possible or less possible, I'm not 100% certain as of right now.