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Within 24 hours of launching ChatGPT Atlas, security researchers successfully demonstrated prompt injection attacks against OpenAI's new AI-powered browser (Fortune). OpenAI's Chief Information Security Officer Dane Stuckey openly admitted that "prompt injection remains a frontier, unsolved security problem" (The Register). If you're
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TL;DR: Only 10% of companies have a comprehensive AI policy in place (Security Magazine). Meanwhile, 38% of employees are sharing sensitive work information with AI tools without their employer's knowledge (CybSafe).
TL;DR: AI-driven attacks now account for 16% of all breaches (IBM, 2025), with shadow AI adding $670,000 to average breach costs. From deepfake BEC scams to prompt injection attacks, the threat landscape is evolving faster than most security programs can adapt.
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