Intelligence agencies warn AI models could launch crippling cyberattacks in months

A group of intelligence agencies from across the world, including the U.S., warned on Monday that artificial intelligence is “rapidly transforming” the cybersecurity risks, urging global leaders to “act swiftly” to stay ahead of malicious actors.

The Five Eyes group, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said in a joint statement that AI’s impacts on defensive and offensive cyber threats is not happening in years, but months.

“While Al will help us improve cyber defence over time, it also accelerates the speed, scale, and sophistication of cyber threats,” the countries wrote, adding “AI is not a future consideration — it is already here.”

AI firms have long warned of how the technology could empower bad actors to hack faster, cheaper and at a broader scale, but concerns ramped up this year amid these firms’ new cybersecurity models like Anthropic’s Mythos model.

Anthropic held back the full release of the Mythos........

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