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Artificial Intelligence Cyberattacks Are Coming--but What Does That Mean?
The next major cyberattack could involve artificial intelligence systems.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could play a key role in the next major cyberattack, boosting the efficiency and potency of existing cyberattack strategies, according to North Dakota State University professor Jeremy Straub.
However, he notes AIs launching attacks on their own remains an unlikely scenario, given that AI systems cannot interpret human actions very well and few people trust such systems to make important judgments.
Still, Straub foresees an escalation in AI-enhanced attacks, including customized hacks that are easier and faster to execute.
"AI systems could even be used to pull information together from multiple sources to identify people who would be particularly vulnerable to attack," Straub says.
Another anticipated advantage for AI-enabled hackers is faster adaptation to countermeasures from human responders, which Straub thinks could lead to "a programming and technological arms race."
In addition, Straub says autonomous operation also creates the danger of AI systems attacking systems they should not, or causing unexpected harm.
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