Cybersecurity is entering an "AI versus AI" era, with companies increasingly deploying autonomous artificial intelligence systems to investigate, detect and respond to cyberattacks at machine speed as hackers themselves rapidly adopt AI-driven attack methods, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) white paper released in collaboration with KPMG.
The report, titled "Empowering Defenders: AI for Cybersecurity", said attackers are increasingly using AI "to increase the speed, scale and sophistication of threats", forcing cybersecurity systems to evolve beyond traditional human-led defences.
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