'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance warns that new AI models pose urgent cyber risk

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'Frontier AI models are anticipated to exceed current industry expectations, fundamentally transforming both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. The timeline is not years, it is months,' the alliance says in a statement.

WASHINGTON, USA – Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology is poised to supercharge offensive hacking capabilities and urgent action is needed to face up to the threat, US, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand officials said on Monday, June 22.

The intelligence alliance commonly known as the “Five Eyes” said in a three-page statement that, “Frontier AI models are anticipated to exceed current industry expectations, fundamentally transforming both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. The timeline is not years, it is months.”

The statement was light on details and mostly restated core cybersecurity advice, such as swiftly patching faulty software and not putting systems online unless necessary. The officials also urged defenders to use AI “to strengthen defence,” for example by identifying weaknesses sooner or responding more quickly to incidents.