Generative artificial intelligence is arming cyber adversaries with faster, cheaper tools to penetrate corporate and government networks, security experts say, widening the gap between attackers and defenders. Tom Goldstein of the University of Maryland called it a “turbulent” period in which AI tools currently give hackers the upper hand.
Anthropic said a China-linked group manipulated its Claude Code assistant to attempt intrusions at about 30 global targets, succeeding in a few cases, while OpenAI warned its own coding platform presents a “high” cybersecurity risk. Security teams are deploying the same technology to find and fix flaws, but the longstanding cat-and-mouse dynamic persists as automation and realistic phishing scale threats against enterprises, critical industries and public agencies.
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