‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance warns that new AI models pose urgent cyber risk

Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology is poised to supercharge offensive hacking capabilities and urgent action is needed to face up to the threat, U.S., British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand officials said on Monday.

The intelligence alliance ‌commonly known ⁠as the “Five ⁠Eyes” said in a three-page statement that, “Frontier AI models are anticipated to exceed current industry expectations, fundamentally transforming both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. The timeline is not years, it is months.”