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How Generative AI Is Creating New Classes Of Security Threats

VentureBeat, Monday, June 19, 2023

The promised AI revolution has arrived. OpenAI's ChatGPT set a new record for the fastest-growing user base and the wave of generative AI has extended to other platforms, creating a massive shift in the technology world.

It's also dramatically changing the threat landscape - and we're starting to see some of these risks come to fruition.

Attackers are using AI to improve phishing and fraud. Meta's 65-billion parameter language model got leaked, which will undoubtedly lead to new and improved phishing attacks. We see new prompt injection attacks on a daily basis.

Users are often putting business-sensitive data into AI/ML-based services, leaving security teams scrambling to support and control the use of these services.

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