The concern that the KPMG US CEO keeps hearing from other executives
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KPMG US CEO Tim Walsh says corporate leaders have discussed their concerns as AI raises cybersecurity risks to new levels.
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Tim Walsh, CEO and chair of KPMG US, said he routinely hears about cybersecurity concerns from fellow leaders.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor World EconomyCEOs are excited about AI, but increasingly worried about cybersecurity, KPMG US CEO Tim Walsh said.“The cyber risks have just elevated to places that we’ve never seen before," he told Business Insider.KPMG is creating a cyber-defense business built around AI.Corporate leaders tend to be enthusiastic about AI's potential — and increasingly concerned about the cybersecurity challenges the technology brings.Tim Walsh, CEO and chair of KPMG US, said the worries come up in nearly every meeting he has with fellow leaders, as AI gives bad actors new ways to try to breach corporate defenses."The cyber risks have just elevated to places that we've never seen them before," he told Business Insider.Walsh pointed to the Hugging Face incident this past summer, in which OpenAI said an AI agent bypassed controls during an internal…