It seems that everyone is rushing to embed artificial intelligence into their solutions, and security offerings are among the latest to obtain this shiny new thing. Like many, I see the potential for AI to help bring about positive change, but also its potential as a threat vector.
To some, recent AI developments are a laughing matter. On April 1, 2023, that traditional day when technology and social media sites love to pull a fast one on us and engage in often elaborate pranks, the Twitter account for the MITRE ATT&CK platform launched the #attackgpt Twitter bot, which invited users to employ the hashtag #attackgpt, which would generate an “AI” response to questions about the anti-hacker knowledge base. In reality, it was an April fool’s prank with MITRE’s social media team cranking out funny answers in the guise of a chatbot.
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