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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

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Frontier AI Poised to Supercharge Attacks on Banks, Energy & Critical Infrastructure, Warns Irregular CEO

Dan Lahav, co-founder and CEO of AI security firm Irregular, warns that frontier models are rapidly scaling offensive cyber capabilities far ahead of defensive readiness.

Frontier AI models are doubling their offensive cyber performance every six months while costs crash. Banks, telecoms, energy firms and critical infrastructure are the next high-value targets, warns Irregular CEO Dan Lahav, who is calling for urgent Differential Defensive Cyber Acceleration.

Taiwan Detects Wave of AI-Assisted Cyberattacks on Government Agencies

Illustration of a cyberattack alongside the flag of Taiwan. The Ministry of Digital Affairs confirmed that AI agents including OpenClaw were used in hybrid attacks on government systems in July 2026.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs has confirmed a wave of AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies that began in July. The hybrid attacks combined human operators with AI agents such as OpenClaw, allowing rapid, low-cost, large-scale operations.

Dario Amodei Raises China Threat, Says Open-Weight Models Riskier for Cyberattacks, Biological Weapons

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that open-weight AI models carry higher misuse risk and accused Chinese firms of industrial-scale distillation of US frontier models.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has explained why his company was the only major AI firm to skip a 75-company letter backing open-weight AI models, arguing they carry greater cyberattack and bioweapons risk, and pressing for a crackdown on Chinese distillation of US frontier models including Claude.