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Why we may have just months before AI hacking goes mainstream

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AI is getting much better at hacking and fast. Sky News technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe examines new evidence showing how models including Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI's GPT 5.5-Cyber are becoming dramatically more capable at cyber-attacks. Using data from the UK AI Security Institute, the Center for AI Standards and Innovations (CAISI) and others, he explains why this is no longer just a warning about one powerful model, but a much bigger industry-wide shift. He also looks at why open-source models mainly coming from China could soon put these capabilities into much wider circulation, raising the pressure to patch vulnerable software fast. Chapters 00:16 The Mythos moment 00:42 AI is getting seriously good at cyber 01:44 AI is advancing fast with models capable of taking over networks 04:00 The open-model risk 05:34 The cost of cyberattacks to the UK 07:12 Can we patch in time? #ai #hacking #cyberattacks #technology #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

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charles_sandoval 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Your presentation style reminds me of Tom Scott haha

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luz_mireles 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Where is my real John Connor who saves us 😢

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rebecca.jordan 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Good luck, have fun, don't die.

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taylorsmith924 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Companies better start taking security seriously then.

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jamesrune24 2 weeks, 3 days ago

This is why we should go back to paper documents only.

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victoria_elliott 2 weeks, 3 days ago

this sounds exciting, i can't wait to see how it plays out

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margotgilles432 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Time to go back to pen and paper!!

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victoire.lucas 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Wow! A good news story. I'd assumed we were way past this point

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cynthia.costa 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why are there so many vulnerabilities to be exploited?

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beth_burton 2 weeks, 4 days ago

It’s really Uranus entry into Gemini that’s correlating w exponential jump

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benitosolorzano76 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Don't worry about it the Terminator will save us.

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micheal_santiago 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fantastic piece there.

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ross.woodward 2 weeks, 5 days ago

So release and creating caos...

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carmen.vigil 2 weeks, 5 days ago

We are already seeing people take things into their own hands; their moral take on injustice, ideologically captured.. With AI, i think we will see more of these 'average' individuals becoming more problematic and dangerous.

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daniel_garcia 2 weeks, 5 days ago

What if AI adds some secret code in there 😂

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ianvoid39 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The problem has come from cost cutting and the desire to everything at our finger tips. Go back to dedicate networks which are not interlinked, go back to paying programmer with time to do their job correctly, go back to dedicated OS for running dedicated software. Far too much TCP/IP , too much windows, too much desire to have flashy integrated systems

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andrew_aguilar 2 weeks, 5 days ago

good reporter

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angela_rodriguez 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Everyone is on the beach enjoying the sun and these a banging on a about some computer software 😂

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justin_brown 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Nice to see a new enthusiastic presenter

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frédérique_weiss 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Excellent content, thanks