[Arms Race] Hackers Use AI. Here's Why Defenders Must Too
KnowBe4, Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Yes, you need AI to defeat AI. Long-time followers of mine know that I am not an AI hype person. Some people might even call me an AI critic. I prefer to call myself an AI realist.
I do not think AI will kill us all (despite our best efforts to bypass all guardrails and common sense). I do not think AI will replace all jobs. I do not think AI will replace all cybersecurity jobs.
But I do think AI allows improvements in many areas, including cyber defenses, over traditional tools and techniques. And I do think that we will need plenty of AI-enabled cyber defenses to defeat AI-enabled threats.