UK businesses must face up to AI threat, says government | Computer Weekly

"For years, the most serious cyber attacks have relied on a small number of highly skilled criminals. That is now shifting. AI models are becoming capable of doing work that previously required rare expertise: finding weaknesses in software, writing the code to exploit them, and doing so at a speed and scale that would have been impossible even a year ago."

"This finding is significant both for what it means today, but also because it highlights the speed at which AI capabilities are increasing and the threats they potentially pose."

"The trajectory is clear and there are expectations that more companies will follow suit in scaling up their AI capabilities to address these emerging cyber threats."

The UK government warns that a new generation of AI models is evolving to discover and exploit software vulnerabilities, changing the landscape of cyber threats. Business Secretary Liz Kendall emphasizes that these models can perform tasks that previously required specialized skills, such as identifying weaknesses and writing exploit code at unprecedented speed. The UK's AI Security Institute has assessed the capabilities of the frontier model Mythos, finding it significantly more adept at cyber offense than previous models. The rapid advancement of AI capabilities poses increasing threats to organizations.

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