The rapid development of AI is bringing about completely new problems – legal, ethical and engineering, to name a few. From the business perspective, some of the biggest challenges are data privacy and cybersecurity. Even if we ignore regulatory requirements (many of which are important here, even those that do not focus directly on AI – like GDPR), the purely reputational damage, stolen data or IP addresses, as well as any potential fines and lawsuits, pose a critical threat to companies. This threat needs to be properly secured before any technology is implemented.
Awareness of this risk is often low. According to industry reports (such as those prepared by HackerOne), over half of hackers claim that GenAI tools will become one of their main attack targets. Wherever there’s money, there are (cyber)criminals.