Security experts debate: Are AI labs qualified to lecture on cybersecurity?
nptacek · x · 2026-08-18
A debate erupted within the security community regarding whether to trust AI labs' authority on cybersecurity. One side argues labs made mistakes and shouldn't lecture; the other counters that unlike ransomware attacks on hospitals or scams on the elderly, AI labs' mistakes were corrected without harm, raising awareness of AI risks.
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