AI a Cybersecurity Threat? Not Exactly, Yet
Cybersecurity With all the talk of AI everything these days, it’s easy to wonder if a new generation of AI tools is going to create cybersecurity nightmares. Well, many leading cybersecurity firms aren’t worried about AI — at least not yet, and not in the ways we might think. And worst (or best?) of all, the solutions to today’s biggest problems are still actually pretty simple. Here’s what you need to know. New Tech that Could Become a Threat Much of the focus lately has been on a new generation of AI tools, like large language model (LLM) generative AI tools. These systems have the potential to be really powerful, no question about it. It’s not impossible to imagine a future where hackers create a sort of “malwareGPT,” a generative AI tool that creates malicious code. And that’s just one example of how AI tools could increase cybersecurity threats; there are plenty more. AI-powered tools could greatly increase the speed and scalability of creating malicious code, and it’s possible t...