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AI firms may be creating the cyber threats they then fix

Original: AI's new business model: Break the internet, then sell the fix

Fast Company argues that companies driving the AI boom are following a new business model: unleashing a wave of AI-enabled cybersecurity threats, then selling the tools to defend against them. The piece spotlights how the same firms that enable new attacks are positioning themselves to profit from the response, drawing criticism about conflicts of interest in the security industry.

Why now: Fast Company's critique of AI companies profiting from problems they help create is circulating widely.

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• AI's new business model: Break the internet, then sell the fix · Fast Company

  The companies helping unleash a new era of cybersecurity threats are also positioning themselves to profit from the response.

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