Security News > 2023 > April > The good, the bad and the generative AI

There is, of course, also a darker side to generative AI which researchers have been busily investigating since ChatGPT's public launch on the GPT-3 natural language large language model last November.

Heinemeyer raises the important issue of measurement - how can we quantify what, if any, effect AI is having on cyberattacks beyond speculation and inference? On this, normal measurements such as the number of emails created, or their links or attachments, are a blunt tool.

Within seconds criminals might infer the connections between streams of sensitive emails and files to build more damaging insights.

Stopping AI generated phishing will require even better AI in an algorithm v algorithm race for ascendancy.

"The way to solve the cybersecurity problem is not through more manual penetration tests, more security awareness training, or more security ninjas, but through automation."

The scale of attacks might increase, targeting organizations more frequently and more widely.

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