‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane warned that people should prepare to defend against 'ongoing, persistent' cyber-attacks from AI, as advanced models gain capabilities to plan and launch offensives. The company announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, with Lehane stating, 'We are hitting a different chapter, a different moment within AI.'

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks By Robert BoothSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’ A senior leader at OpenAI /glossary/openai has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence /glossary/artificial-intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives. The leading AI company this week announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, and Chris Lehane, its chief global affairs officer, said: “We are hitting a different chapter, a different moment within AI, in terms of what the capabilities of this technology can do.” Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/23/openai-cyber-attacks-threat-chris-lehane Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.