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Can We Trust AI? No - But Eventually We Must

Security Week, Thursday, April 9th, 2026

From hallucinations and bias to model collapse and adversarial abuse, today's AI is built on probability rather than truth, yet enterprises are deploying it at speed without fully understanding the risks.

The increasing use of artificial intelligence within and by business is problematic on two fronts: firstly, we rely on it as if it were the voice of God, and secondly, attackers are able to turn our reliance against us.

First, we must understand how AI works and where it is weak lest we misinterpret how adversaries attack it, and secondly we should look at the growing industry of companies trying to defend it.

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