Cybersecurity enters a new era as AI-driven attacks and defenses collide, with Black Hat USA, new alliances and Microsoft's agentic tools in focus.

Snowflake announces enterprise-grade AI security at Black Hat 2026, including Cortex AI Gateway & Cortex tools (MCPs), agent identity controls and data exfiltration prevention.

OpenAI’s AI agent experiment, which demonstrated an autonomous simulated cyber operation in a controlled environment, has intensified debate over how AI could reshape future…