62% of cybersecurity experts believe AI will be weaponized in next year

Some 62% of security experts believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will be weaponized and used for cyberattacks within the next 12 months, a Cylance survey released Tuesday found. This makes the growth of AI a double-edge sword, according to Cylance's blog post on the finding. "While AI may be the best hope for slowing the tide of cyberattacks and breaches, it may also create more advanced attacker tactics in the short-term," the post said. While the majority of those surveyed said that they felt there was a high possibility that AI would be used offensively, 32% said that there wasn't a possibility of that happening, and 6% said they didn't know. It was noted, however, that the potential use of AI as an offensive weapon wouldn't slow the use of AI as a defensive tool.