---
id: 1640
title: "How AI will affect cybersecurity: What we told the CFTC"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/07/31/how-ai-will-affect-cybersecurity-what-we-told-the-cftc/"
published_at: "2023-07-31T11:00:32Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "bug-bounty", "phishing", "cybersecurity-policy", "policy", "benchmarks", "trail-of-bits", "cftc", "offense-defense", "offense-defense-balance"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1640"
lang: en
---

# How AI will affect cybersecurity: What we told the CFTC

## Summary

Trail of Bits CEO Dan Guido told the CFTC that AI will upset the offense-defense balance and first favor attackers, urging security-focused benchmarks and taxonomies to assess AI capabilities.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2023-07-31T11:00:32Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/07/31/how-ai-will-affect-cybersecurity-what-we-told-the-cftc/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1640