Security researcher: no AI hacking explosion yet, just a patching explosion
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-22
Cryptographer Matthew Green pushed back on AI security-threat talk, noting that despite real AI dangers there has been no AI-driven hacking explosion so far — today's reality is a wave of patching (i.e., fixing) plus one extreme incompetence incident unrelated to AI. He concedes it may happen later, but not yet.
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