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Cyberweapons Risk

MisuseHigh

AI systems can enhance offensive cyber capabilities in several ways: discovering vulnerabilities in software, generating exploit code, automating attack campaigns, and evading detection. This shifts the offense-defense balance and may enable more frequent, sophisticated, and scalable cyber attacks.

Severity
High
Likelihood
High (emerging)
Time Horizon
~2025
Maturity
Growing

Assessment

SeverityHigh
LikelihoodHigh (emerging)
Time Horizon~2025
MaturityGrowing
CategoryMisuse

Details

TypeMisuse
StatusActive development by state actors

Tags

cybersecurityinformation-warfarecritical-infrastructureai-misusenational-security

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