AI’s biggest threat isn’t what you think

Professor Chris Berg warns of cybersecurity risks from AI, highlighting an arms race between attackers and defenders in tech advancements

The biggest immediate risk from artificial intelligence may not be a robotic takeover, but the growing cybersecurity threat posed by increasingly powerful AI models.

Professor Chris Berg argues that as frontier AI becomes more widely available, more individuals and organisations could gain access to tools capable of being used for sophisticated cyber attacks.

Berg says the key challenge is ensuring defenders have access to equally powerful technology to protect systems and respond to emerging threats.

He describes the rapid development and distribution of AI as a new kind of arms race, with the balance between offensive and defensive capabilities becoming increasingly important.