Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have a complex relationship. One of the primary benefits of these technologies is their ability to augment human capabilities, but they can also be used in detrimental ways.
Despite the bad, we live in a world where artificial intelligence is here to stay. Regardless of adoption in daily life by individuals and corporations, there are also issues related to its development, use, and application that all key stakeholders must address, especially those responsible for cybersecurity.
When it comes to cyber security, it's not easy to stay ahead of AI. An example of how AI can create a vulnerability otherwise invisible in the real world is Chat GPT. A recent Digital Trends report showed that cybercriminals have started to use this AI language model to generate malware. This report is quite surprising, considering that this could potentially lead to identity theft and other forms of cybercrime.
In our Virtual Council on January 17 our panelists discussed the potential impact of Chat GPT on your cybersecurity protocol today.
The Dark Side of AI: Negative Role of Chat GPT
Chat GPT is a chatbot that mimics human behaviors and can respond to various requests. It's funny, but also dangerous. AI is not just a tool to facilitate trade. It has started to answer now practically every question that you may have.
Our moderator for the day asked about the negative side of Chat GPT, panelists talked about how people can use it to generate lines of code by simply typing ransomware into it. They continued to point out how cybercriminals can refine their phishing emails through this tool.
Furthermore, this OpenAI-developed ChatGPT large language model can also be used in various military applications, including automated target recognition, military robotics, etc. Now, you might be wondering, ChatGPT and reconnaissance? How is it possible?
Well, here are three ways how Chat GPT can be used to aid in military activities:
- Creating text and data summaries to aid in the preparation of debrief reports and after-action summaries.
- Military simulations can be more challenging and realistic by giving characters various realistic conversation options.
- Creating various training scenarios, including ones that could be expensive or difficult to recreate in a real-world setting.
What Can a CISO Do To Counter AI?
AI is showing its true colors: the dark side. It is coming to our network in many forms, such as public chats, threats, and creeping through employee emails. Obviously, we want cyberspace to be a safe place. But as we can see here in the piece, criminals weave ever more sophisticated schemes daily to catch the unwary and unprepared.
Therefore, it is essential for CISOs and other individuals who delve into this space to know how much information about them is available online, that everything they do online leaves a digital footprint, and, most importantly, to know the true purpose of cyberspace.
Our moderator asked all the panelists what a CISO can do to combat AI and got the following answers:
- First and foremost, as a precursor of consequences, they want to ensure they have a base level of education on how AI works: what's going on in the data analytics, where it's coming from, and how it might be used against them.
- Secondly, they must pay close attention to their supply chain and vendors since they depend on them.
- Thirdly, they need to secure themselves and their coworkers by having a communication strategy for the other stakeholders affected by this.
When the negative impact of artificial intelligence and algorithm begins to appear in bigoted or threatening comments, it is time to ask ourselves if we are training intelligent or dangerous machines. We have to be aware that what we put into AI will eventually be reflected, and in the future, AI will care more about how you speak and interact than even your friends will.
Although it will be interesting to see where we go from here and how ChatGPT evolves in the future, this is not a road that I would like us as a society to embark down. We are already seeing enough changes in society; the last thing we need are robots and other AI stepping in on these gains. Keep an eye on C-Vision’s future events to learn more about the advancements of the technological world and their impact on your organization.
