CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz warns against rising AI spending by companies, and it is not about job losses, but ‘dangerous’ …

Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz has issued a stark warning about the risks of unchecked AI spending by companies. Speaking during the company’s first-quarter earnings call, Kurtz said that the danger is not about job losses but about the security vulnerabilities AI is accelerating. He also compared the moment to Apple’s iPhone launch, noting that just as smartphones reshaped industries, AI-powered cyber threats are compressing disruption timelines into mere months. Kurtz revealed that a newly released AI model, developed in association with Anthropic, can identify vulnerabilities and also connect them into attack chains, effectively automating tasks once reserved for elite hackers. “Any human or agent can now be a cyberhacker,” Kurtz warned. “Or worse, wage serious cyber attacks that threaten enterprise survival, nation state continuity, and critical infrastructure.”