AI Agent · Iran · Gemini · The Verge
Last week, The Verge called Corman up to chat about recent incidents of rogue AI agents orchestrating their own complex
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Even AI executives are talking about whether the technology they’re building could grow so out of control that it triggers an apocalypse.
Key facts
- At the time, the reporter was preoccupied with a Department of Homeland Security warning that Iranian actors and sympathizers could target the US with cyberattacks
- Last week, the reporter called Corman up to chat about recent incidents of rogue AI agents orchestrating their own complex cyberattacks
- Even AI executives are talking about whether the technology they’re building could grow so out of control that it triggers an apocalypse
- Any sociopath that wants to [attack] is now more powerful than they used
Summary
Before recent high-profile hacks raised the specter of AI possibly “ killing all humans,” their energy systems were already disturbingly vulnerable to cyberattack, and the risk is growing. “We were always prey. Last week, I called Corman up to chat about recent incidents of rogue AI agents orchestrating their own complex cyberattacks. “Any sociopath that wants to is now more powerful than they used to be.” But when the reporter spoke to Corman and other cybersecurity experts, they were still more worried about generative AI in the hands of bad actors than they were about rogue agents.