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7 stories taggedai-risk.

AI Could Make Us Safer and Stupider at the Same Time
Researchers are raising two separate alarms about artificial intelligence: that a misaligned system might one day threaten human survival, and that even well-behaved AI might quietly hollow out the critical thinking skills that keep us sharp.

AI Agents Are the Biggest Security Headache for CISOs Right Now
A new survey of global security chiefs finds that controlling AI agents, which are software programs that act independently to complete tasks, has become the dominant worry in corporate security, far outpacing every other concern on the list.

A 15-Minute Framework for Spotting What AI Systems Can Do Wrong
Security expert Adam Shostack built PHANTOM-B to help organisations find the risks hiding inside AI-powered software before those risks find them.

Almost Half of Companies Say AI Governance Problems Are Holding Their AI Back
A new survey puts a number on what many bosses already sense: unclear rules for how staff can use AI tools is quietly breaking AI projects from the inside.

CISOs Are Now Running Business Resilience. Most Companies Haven't Noticed.
Security chiefs are quietly absorbing responsibility for keeping companies alive after a disaster, not just preventing one. Three experienced practitioners explain what that shift actually demands.

AI Can Build a Dossier on Your CEO in Ten Minutes. Most Companies Have No Answer for That.
AI tools have turned the slow, skilled work of researching a target executive into a task anyone with a browser can do. Security teams haven't caught up.

Your Incident Response Playbook Almost Certainly Does Not Cover AI Failures. That Is a Problem.
Seven in ten organisations have AI plugged into their core systems, yet most security teams are trying to handle AI breakdowns with tools built for a completely different kind of threat.