AI Isn’t as Dangerous as Human Incompetence

AI Isn’t as Dangerous as Human Incompetence


The rise of artificial intelligence should have marked a new frontier in innovation, productivity, and security. Instead, it’s beginning to look more like the opening act of a high-tech cautionary tale. As AI advances in sophistication, it’s not ushering in utopia. It’s opening the floodgates to a new kind of threat—one that uses data, mimicry, and digital misdirection to exploit our oldest and most reliable vulnerability: ourselves.

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A recent report reveals how AI is now at the center of a technological arms race in cyberspace. Deepfake technology has reached the point where criminals can manufacture photorealistic video messages of business leaders directing financial transactions. In one case, an AI-generated video impersonating a company executive was convincing enough to authorize a transfer worth

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