AI for an AI: Why ChatGPT Is a Double-Edged Sword for Cybersecurity - CPO Magazine

ChatGPT has answers for almost everything, but there's one answer we may not know for a while: will this tool turn out to be the genie its creators regret taking out of the bottle over unintended consequences in cybersecurity? BlackBerry surveyed 1,500 IT decision makers across North America, UK, and Australia and half (51 percent) predicted we're less than a year away from a cyberattack credited to ChatGPT. Three-quarters of respondents believe foreign states are already using ChatGPT for malicious purposes against other nations. The survey also exposed a perception that, while respondents see ChatGPT as being used for'good' purposes, 73 percent acknowledge its potential threat to cybersecurity and are either very or fairly concerned, proving Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a double-edged sword. The emergence of chatbots and AI-powered tools presents new challenges in cybersecurity, especially when they end up in the wrong hands.