Apple is releasing updates early as AI-powered cybersecurity concerns rise

Apple has announced that it is releasing a series of critical security updates early, essentially breaking away from its longstanding practice of waiting to bundle fixes with major operating system rollouts. The tech giant revealed to news agency Reuters that the decision is a direct response to the rising threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber attacks.

As sophisticated AI tools can now accelerate how quickly hackers build and deploy malicious software, Apple says that it has realised the it can no longer afford to leave a time gap between discovering a security flaw and pushing the fix to consumers’ devices.