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‘It’s here’: Google issues dire warning after catching hackers using AI to break into computers

2026-05-12 · r/technology

Google's threat intelligence team caught hackers weaponizing AI to break into computers, proving that the most predictable use case for AI was always going to be making cybercrime more efficient. Nothing says 'technological progress' like giving script kiddies a PhD-level hacking assistant. At least Google gets to sound alarmed about a problem the AI industry collectively created.

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