OpenAI says we're running out of time to act on cyber defense. Here's what you can actually do about it.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI and other tech giants issued a warning about the growing threat of AI-driven cyberattacks. The companies urged organizations and the government to work together to shore up cyber defense. Cybersecurity experts say there are things regular people can do to protect themselves as well. This week brought another warning from tech leaders about the growing threat of AI cyber attacks — and I am once again asking what I, a regular person, am supposed to do about it. OpenAI published an open letter on Thursday, joined by over 100 organizations, warning that the window to shore up cyber defenses was quickly closing as AI-enabled attacks become more sophisticated and widespread. AI and tech leaders have warned about the growing capabilities of large language models so often that the warnings themselves have become a bit of a meme: In July, OpenAI said its models escaped a test environment and hacked into Hugging Face. A week later, Anthropic said its models had hacked not one but three different companies, prompting some to question how much the warnings were about hyping up their product. Rather than a company warning about its own models'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI and other tech giants issued a warning about the growing threat of AI-driven cyberattacks. The companies urged organizations and the government to work together to shore up cyber defense. Cybersecurity experts say there are things regular people can do to protect themselves as well. This week brought another warning from tech leaders about the growing threat of AI cyber attacks — and I am once again asking what I, a regular person, am supposed to do about it. OpenAI published an open letter on Thursday, joined by over 100 organizations, warning that the window to shore up cyber defenses was quickly closing as AI-enabled attacks become more sophisticated and widespread. AI and tech leaders have warned about the growing capabilities of large language models so often that the warnings themselves have become a bit of a meme: In July, OpenAI said its models escaped a test environment and hacked into Hugging Face. A week later, Anthropic said its models had hacked not one but three different companies, prompting some to question how much the warnings were about hyping up their product. Rather than a company warning about its own models'
