AI supercharges hacking, local hospitals unprepared
new ai models help big tech with cyber defenses but smaller organizations like hospitals and banks may not be ready, leaving them vulnerable to attacks.
ai models, such as those from openai and anthropic, have become highly skilled at cybersecurity and coding, and can be deployed at enormous scale. this has led to a situation where big tech companies are using these models to defend themselves, but smaller organizations like hospitals and banks may not have access to these tools. as a result, they may be left vulnerable to attacks, which could have serious consequences. for example, a nonprofit organization in alabama was recently hacked, and the attacker may have used ai to extort data.