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How People Really Use ChatGPT: Findings from NBER Research
A new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, How People Use ChatGPT (Chatterji, Cunningham, Deming, Hitzig, Ong, Shan, and Wadman, 2025, NBER Working Paper No. 34255), provides a detailed look at global ChatGPT usage. This post summarizes the… Read More ›
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AI in ICS Attacks — Targeting Industrial Control Systems with Precision
Overview Industrial Control Systems (ICS) power critical infrastructure including energy, water, and manufacturing. Historically, ICS attacks required deep expertise and manual reconnaissance. Now, AI is enabling attackers to map, analyze, and exploit ICS environments with unprecedented precision, raising the stakes… Read More ›
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AI Security Daily Briefing — September 15, 2025
A concise and fact-based update for security and risk professionals. Today’s items cover new offensive tools, visibility gaps, and account takeover risks. 1) Kimsuky & Chinese groups exploiting AI tools for espionage What’s new: North Korean group Kimsuky has used… Read More ›
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AI-Assisted Vulnerability Prioritization — Helping Attackers Pick the Easiest Targets
Overview Every organization faces thousands of vulnerabilities, but not all are equal. Security teams use risk-based prioritization to decide what to patch first. Now, attackers are using AI to do the same — but in reverse. AI-assisted vulnerability prioritization allows… Read More ›
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AI Security Daily Briefing — September 12, 2025
A concise and fact-based update for security and risk professionals. Today’s items cover new vulnerabilities, governance gaps, and tools promising safer AI adoption. 1) Cursor AI code editor flaw enables silent code execution What’s new: A critical vulnerability was disclosed… Read More ›
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AI Security Daily Briefing — September 11, 2025
A concise and fact-based update for security and risk professionals. Each story includes technical context, defenses, and expert insight. 1) Cyber Industry Braces for “Zero-day AI Attacks” Era What’s new: Cybersecurity experts warn autonomous AI agents could soon launch untraceable,… Read More ›
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AI-Generated Disinformation Campaigns — Weaponizing Narrative at Machine Scale
Overview Disinformation is not new, but AI has given it a powerful upgrade. With large language models, deepfake generators, and automated distribution, attackers can create coordinated disinformation campaigns at scale. This is more than fake news. It is an industrialized… Read More ›
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AI-Optimized Ransomware — Smarter Targeting, Faster Encryption, Higher Impact
Overview Ransomware has evolved from crude “spray and pray” attacks into highly targeted operations. Now, attackers are using AI to optimize every phase of the kill chain from choosing victims to encrypting data. The result is AI-optimized ransomware: faster, stealthier,… Read More ›
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AI Security Daily Briefing — September 10, 2025
A concise and timely update for security and risk professionals—today’s briefing highlights risks in AI defense contracts, the rising threat of autonomous AI cyberattacks, and critical governance blind spots. 1) xAI’s Grok defense contract raises safety red flags What’s new:… Read More ›
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AI Security Daily Briefing — September 9, 2025
A timely briefing for security and risk professionals — today’s topics: the challenges of Shadow AI, elevated risk to company data, and the deepfake impersonation crisis. 1) Shadow AI — innovation or data leakage waiting to happen? What’s new: Unauthorized… Read More ›
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