The effort includes a new research center that will bring government and industry experts together to study how AI will impact cybersecurity in critical infrastructure.

The update also includes new details around the specific tactics and talking points impersonators use to ensnare victims.

Some lawmakers and executives say the era of AI-hacking has arrived, while other experts are pointing out the tools of today still fall short in important ways.  

Tom Cotton, R-Okla., cited Chinese and Russian involvement in open-source tech and the risks to government and defense systems.

While many in the legal community report positive use cases for the tech, AI-driven disinformation and deepfakes are causing havoc in courtrooms. 

Microsoft closed out the year with 1,139 total defects patched, making it the second-largest year in volume behind 2020, according to Trend Micro.

Aikido found that AI coding tools from Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and others regularly embed untrusted prompts into software development workflows.

Nate Beach-Westmoreland, Head of Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence at Booz Allen

It was one of a trio of reports about the spyware vendor over the course of a day, with additional evidence about further infections among the findings.

The company’s latest security update contains the second-highest number of defects patched so far this year.