'Sophisticated' AI swarm attacks are months away, OpenAI warns: What experts say businesses must do

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. An open letter from OpenAI claims sophisticated AI-driven attacks are months away. Consumers and organizations should be more vigilant about cybersecurity fundamentals. Keeping pace with AI-enabled attackers will likely require "using AI to fight AI." As someone who writes about the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, I've researched more than enough stories about the emerging threat landscape to make me consider disconnecting from the grid and hiding in a remote cabin somewhere. But I'm still here, quite connected, using best practices as best I know how to survive a barrage of daily attacks. OK, I never seriously considered becoming a hermit, but the thought crossed my mind again after reading an open letter posted on OpenAI's website. Titled "A call for collective action on cyber defense," the post starts by saying, "We have a limited window to strengthen cyber defenses….In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable." I couldn't help but picture one of those movies where, despite all of our extra-terrestrial sensing technologies, we suddenly discover that a wave of alien spaceships is just days…