Anthropic, OpenAI's Next Models Could Be A 'Watershed' Event For Cybersecurity, Warns Expert—'Agentic Attackers Are Coming'

Experts are warning that upcoming AI models from companies like OpenAI and Google could significantly increase cybersecurity risks, with AI agents capable of exploiting vulnerabilities faster than human hackers. Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Cato Networks, described this as a 'watershed event' in cybersecurity. Following a data leak at Anthropic regarding their model 'Claude Mythos', shares of cybersecurity firms like CrowdStrike and Zscaler declined. Additionally, Palo Alto Networks' CEO Nikesh Arora cautioned that AI could reduce the time for cyberattacks to occur from breach to data theft to just 25 minutes.