October is quite the busy month. Not only is it the start of the fourth quarter and the third-quarter earnings season, but October is also Cybersecurity Awareness Month. So, today I'd like to raise some awareness on a new type of cybersecurity breach. During the coronavirus pandemic, cybercrime has risen by over 600%, and now the malicious hackers are becoming more creative by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to evade detection. For example, with AI, hackers are now using data poisoning to target data used to train the machine learning systems.

It's been just over a year since we published an article titled "Investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks is BS" and already it's becoming dated. We're starting to see more and more companies bringing AI front and center to their overall strategies. AI is the new oil, and soon everyone will use it simply to compete with everyone else who is also using it. With over 3,000 AI startups out there, it's likely that the biggest winners in the next decade will be startups that may not have exit events in time for retail investors to participate in their growth. That's why our last bullet point is so important.