Microsoft says US rivals are beginning to use generative AI in offensive cyber operations

By FRANK BAJAK
AP Technology Writer

BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says it had detected and disrupted instances of U.S. adversaries — chiefly Iran and North Korea and to a lesser extent Russia and China — using or attempting to exploit generative artificial intelligence developed by the company and its business partner to mount or research offensive cyber operations. The techniques Microsoft observed, in collaboration with its partner OpenAI, represent an emerging threat and were neither “particularly novel or unique,” the Redmond, Washington, company said in a blog post.