Artificial intelligence allows ordinary people to have intel with a word. Anyone can use it and even create specialized AI agents to work particular tasks for them. Apparently some nations are recognizing the potential for attacks generated by artificial intelligence and are taking countermeasures; the U.K for one.
The U.S.A. also has a few efforts to guard against A.I. attacks from various vectors ( e.g. https://www.nsa.gov/AISC/ ). The plain utility of A.I. intelligence enables planning newer, more efficient illegal activities off-line that wouldn't actually use the internet for attacks. Anti-AI security presently tends to look toward on-line A.I. attacks via the internet.
Drug cartels and other smugglers can use A.I. databases to find most efficient route and topographical features to send drones etc. On board A.I. can pilot the aircraft along planned routes without need of a satellite connection. They can also track the locations of border security operators with drones and coordinate the input for real-time live ground infiltration routes in areas empty of law enforcement.
A.I.'s ability to exploit the world of cartography to find good submarine routes for A.I. powered craft is also notable. There is a wealth of opportunities for systems analysis and database recombinations useful for innovative crimes- those may present challenges for law enforcement eventually. I recall when it was a popular media philosophical topic discussing the dangers of A.I. and what the ethics of controlling it should be. That was centuries ago of course- perhaps 3 or 4 years. No one remembers that lol.
