Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) – a view from the EU Rear Window, Part I McAfee Blogs

Much has been said about the power of AI and how tomorrow's CISO won't be able to provide efficient cybersecurity without it. The hype surrounding AI is based on both the quickening pace of natural language capability development and the current deficiency of capable and competent cybersecurity professionals. A quick clarification of what AI is and to what extent it exists today may be useful before explaining the legal recognition it has today, including in the world of cybersecurity. The term "artificial intelligence" is rather vague from a legal standpoint--and in the legal world, words tend to have a strong impact. For French people (and for most people around the world), the official definition of AI is as follows: "A theoretical and practical interdisciplinary field whose purpose is to understand the mechanisms of cognition and reflection, and their imitation by a material and software device, for purposes of assistance or substitution to human activities".