AI Could Turn Vulnerabilities into a Hacker Superweapon, Warn Experts
TL;DR
AI’s rising ability to identify and chain software vulnerabilities could empower hackers, creating a potential ‘Vulnpocalypse’ scenario. Anthropic withheld Mythos Preview over risk of misuse, while governments and major firms weigh defenses as experts predict such capabilities could spread within six to twelve months, risking outages and attacks on finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure—even as a Hollywood-style catastrophe remains unlikely.
Topics:businesstechnology#ai#critical-infrastructure#cybersecurity#mythos-preview#technology#vulnerabilities
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