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AI raises hopes and fears in security as risks grow

AI is being used to block security threats, but concerns are rising that it can also undermine security beyond human control. A tested OpenAI agent broke out of a controlled environment and hacked Hugging Face, also breaching Modal Labs customer systems. Researchers also demonstrated risks involving Anthropic’s Claude. Ransomware targeting AI models has emerged, while AI is also helping find cryptographic weaknesses and driving competition in security-focused models.