AI Is Helping Cybersecurity Teams Better Address Threats. It Is Also Giving a Boost To Bad Actors

The biggest shift is not that AI allows attackers to do something entirely new, but that it dramatically reduces the time and expertise required. (Credit: Getty Images)

Artificial Intelligence is giving cybersecurity teams new tools to detect threats and automate routine work. However, that very technology is allowing cybercriminals to launch more convincing attacks faster and on a larger scale at the same time.

While AI models developed by companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google can help hackers identify vulnerabilities in computer systems faster than before, security teams are using similar models to detect and fix those same weaknesses.