Warning over ‘AI timebomb’ as business struggles to get a grip

Executives are failing to take a lead despite growing awareness of the risk AI poses to security and data.

“C-level executives are sitting on an AI timebomb, aware of the risks, but too complacent to act.” That’s the conclusion reached by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky after surveying nearly 2,000 senior business executives across eight countries in the UK and EU.

And the findings are backed by research from ISACA,

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