Subj : Google CEO says that AI tips the scales in favor of defenders
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Feb 23 2024 14:45:06

Google CEO says that AI tips the scales in favor of defenders 
disproportionately

Date:
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:29:58 +0000

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AI can work for both attackers and defenders, but who does it benefit more?

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that AI could help strengthen cybersecurity 
against threat actors in a way that significantly benefits the defenders. 

While AI tools such as ChatGPT have lowered the bar to launch successful 
cyber attacks, the services could provide just as much utility to speed up 
the detection and quarantine of cyber threats. 

Speaking at the Munich Security conference, Pichai said, We are right to be 
worried about the impact on cybersecurity. But AI, I think actually, 
counterintuitively, strengthens our defense on cybersecurity. Defusing the 
defenders dilemma 

While many cybersecurity firms have had elements of AI such as machine 
learning in their products for some time, tools using AI for threat detection 
and monitoring have been cropping up only recently. 

These tools, Pichai points out, can significantly reduce the time taken to 
identify and stop an attack, therefore reducing the defenders dilemma. With 
every year that passes cyber attacks get faster and more advanced , and the 
dilemma suggests that attackers only have to be successful once while 
defenders must be successful every time. 

Earlier at the Munich Security Conference, Google announced that it was 
launching their AI Cyber Defense Initiative which seeks to boost cyber 
resilience and skills using training, education and investments in AI 
research. 

A number of tech giants and social media companies also signed a voluntary 
agreement to develop a shared framework for detecting and labeling AI 
generated deepfakes that could be used to disrupt electoral processes. 

A joint report from Microsoft and OpenAI highlighted the risks posed by 
state-backed cyber groups using generative AI and large language models to 
enhance their ability to launch cyber attacks and spearphishing campaigns. 

AI disproportionately helps the people defending because youre getting a tool 
which can impact it at scale versus the people who are trying to exploit. So, 
in some ways, we are winning the race, Pichai said. 

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