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MIT releases, then quietly removes, nonsense AI cybersecurity paper (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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The finest academic papers money can buy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXvaJ46hI0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251103-mit-releases-retracts-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper - podcast

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That’s quite a remarkable claim. Especially when the actual number of attacks by AI-generated ransomware is zero. [Socket]

If even a single case pops up, I'd be surprised - AFAIK, cybercriminals are exclusively using AI as a social engineering tool (e.g. voice cloning scams, AI-extruded phishing emails, etcetera). Humans are the weakest part of any cybersec system, after all.

The paper finishes by recommending “embracing AI in cyber risk management”.

Given AI's track record on security, that sounds like an easy way to become an enticing target.

[–] x0rcist@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

Does this extremely funny case count? Regular malware that asks claude what it should steal from your workstation, using your claude credentials. (This is the only thing remotely resembling an AI powered attack I'm aware of and its very silly)