Emerging AI Capabilities and the Future of Cybersecurity

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of emerging AI capabilities on cybersecurity, featuring insights from a panel of experts.

On November 10, CNAS hosted a panel on recent advances in frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and their potential to transform cyber offense and defense alike. Featuring the new report, Tipping the Scales: Emerging AI Capabilities and the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance, CNAS Technology and National Security Program expert Caleb Withers examines how capable today’s AI systems are at cyber-relevant tasks, which emerging capabilities matter most, and what defenders, policymakers, and industry should do to prepare. The discussion drew on those insights to cover a range of topics from recent advances in frontier AI intelligence models to the attacker-defender imbalance in cybersecurity operations, and more. The panel featured: Moderator Derek B. Johnson, journalist, CyberScoop Caleb Withers, Fellow, Center for a New American Security Andrew Lohn, Senior Fellow, Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology Chris Rohlf, Security Engineer, Meta To learn more about upcoming events at CNAS, head to cnas.org/events.

People in this episode

Host: Derek B. Johnson

Guests: Caleb Withers, Andrew Lohn, Chris Rohlf

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• cybersecurity
• cyber offense
• cyber defense
• emerging technologies
• policy preparation

Keywords

• AI systems
• cyber-relevant tasks
• defenders
• policymakers
• industry preparation
• attacker-defender imbalance
• frontier AI models

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for a New American Security, Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Meta, CyberScoop

Books & works: Tipping the Scales: Emerging AI Capabilities and the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance