AI Capability Jumps Surprised Insiders; Security Posture Lags
An unidentified speaker, quoted by Simon Willison, said their organization was surprised by the sudden jumps in AI capabilities related to cyber, swarming, and message boards, calling the speed and suddenness an understatement. The speaker emphasized that security posture takes time to develop, requiring cultural and personnel changes, and urged organizations to assess their resilience and incident response readiness for such capability jumps.
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Simon Willison
To say that we were surprised at the jump and suddenness of the capabilities of our models when it came to “cyber” or “swarming” or “message boards” or anything else related to the incidents is an understatement. Security posture takes time to develop. It’s not just about hardening the systems at play; you have to ingrain it in the culture of the company. The literal people themselves in your organization have to change and evolve with it. These jumps in capabilities were so fast and so sudden that they created an extremely difficult problem. [...] So today my hope is that everyone around the world can look at their own organization and say: how can I deal with a surprise or a sudden jump in AI capability? Are my people, my systems, or my processes resilient to surprises? Do my teams know what to do when something goes wrong? Do I have the right incident response? The right comms and messaging? Do I have the right people ready to go when capabilities jump? — @joedaroo , Agent Security