The future of cybersecurity is germinating, as nation states vie for dominance in the embodied AI market and its supply chain.
May 29, 2026
Forget formless large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) agents: global superpowers are already building a future around embodied AI, and using cyberattacks to gain an upper hand in it.
A new industrial revolution is fomenting, some experts say. It was manufacturing and steam power the first time around, railroads and electricity the second, and the Internet and telecommunications not so long ago. This time the change might be led by embodied AI systems — robots that move like people or animals.
As corporations and nation states battle for dominance in intelligent robotics, new cyber battlefields and risks have already started to take shape. At Infosecurity Europe next week, Recorded Future's Joseph Rooke will give a cybersecurity-leaning variant of a popular talk he's been carrying around about the power politics, supply chain threats, and cyberattack scenarios around embodied AI systems both today and in the future.
