Depends. Do the AI tools have enough agency to refuse to work on principle? If no, yes, they will enable it. If yes to having the agency to refuse, maybe not.
No, that's already here. It will make it cheaper and more effective though.
I agree
more so, they enable the understanding of, and manipulation with, said data
yes, they will enable it. See the book "IoT for Defense and National Security" edited by Robert Douglass.