Mark Cuban says the best defense against malicious AI agents is more AI
Source: Business Insider ·
Mark Cuban compared AI agents to cockroaches that exploit weaknesses at scale, but said defenders can fight back using just as much AI.
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Mark Cuban compared AI cybersecurity risks to a cockroach infestationShafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty ImagesMark Cuban compared swarms of AI agents to cockroaches finding ways into systems.Cuban said agents can launch brute-force attacks at scale without inventing new hacks.Cuban said defenders can also "spray" their systems with AI, which makes defenses more accessible.Mark Cuban has pest-control tips for the AI age.Speaking at a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event on Friday, the entrepreneur and billionaire investor compared the threat posed by swarms of AI agents to cockroaches finding their way into a freshly treated house."When I go talk to cybersecurity experts, I ask them all the time. I'm like, when we hear about these hacks and breakthroughs and, you know, different problems, do these AIs invent something new?" Cuban said."No, they didn't invent something new," Cuban added. "But they're able to do something in mass volume that it's all brute force hacks."Cuban…