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FILE - A logo of Microsoft is displayed during an event at the Chatham House think tank in London, Jan. 15, 2024. Microsoft said Wednesday that U.S. adversaries are beginning to use generative artificial intelligence to mount or organize offensive cyber operations. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

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

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

By FRANK BAJAK
Published - Feb 14, 2024, 07:03 AM ET
Last Updated - Feb 14, 2024, 07:03 AM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said Wednesday 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.

But the blog does offer insight into how U.S. geopolitical rivals have been using large-language models to expand their ability to more effectively breach networks and conduct influence operations.

Microsoft said the “attacks” detected all involved large-language models the partners own and said it was important to expose them publicly even if they were “early-stage, incremental moves.”

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