A journalist for 20 years, his articles have appeared in more than 40 publications, including The New York Times and The Financial Times of London. During the past decade, his work has focused exclusively on ecommerce. THE DARKER SIDE OF AI: HACKERS ARE ADDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO THEIR TOOLKITS IT security pros in New Hampshire and across the globe are gearing up in earnest for the newest threat to corporate security: viruses, malware and similar cybersecurity attacks turbo-charged with artificial intelligence (AI). The reason: Just as AI is remaking every other part of the digital world with applications that can think for themselves and grow smarter over time, the wonder technology is also being hijacked by hackers to imbue already dangerous cyberthreats with machine intelligence and creativity. "We have to raise the bar now," says John N. Stewart, Senior Vice President and Chief Security and Trust Officer, Cisco, regarding adding AI to the cybersecurity mix.