Companies in Japan and South Korea were hit with major cyberattacks, exposing millions of customer records and feeding fears that AI may be turbo-charging hacking efforts.
The revelations come days after Chinese and US models were used to steal hundreds of thousands of credit card details, a breach an analyst called one of the âmost severe abuses of AI for exploitationâ on record.
Corporate leaders, especially in finance, say industrial-scale AI hacking represents a severe threat to business, with many racing to adopt the technology themselves as the only antidote.
Some may already be too late: âThereâs a misconception that the AI vulnerability race is imminent,â an expert at Google said. âThe reality is that itâs already begun.â
