AI vs AI: Wiz CTO Warns of a New Threat Frontier

Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising business operations, but it is also transforming the battlefield of cybersecurity. “Cybersecurity has always been a mind game,” says Ami Luttwak, Chief Technologist at Wiz, in a recent conversation with TechCrunch’s Equity.

“Whenever a new technology wave appears, it opens new doors for attackers to exploit.” 

As organisations race to integrate AI into everything from coding and automation to AI-driven agents, the speed of innovation is inadvertently widening the attack surface. Developers are shipping products faster, but in doing so, they sometimes compromise on security hygiene, creating fresh entry points for malicious actors. 

Wiz, a leading cloud security firm recently acquired by Google for 32 billion dollars, conducted internal tests that revealed a recurring flaw in applications built with “vibe coding,” a term for natural language-driven coding using AI assistants. 

The flaw often appeared in how authentication systems were implemented.

“It wasn’t because developers didn’t care about security,” Luttwak explains. “It’s because AI agents follow your instructions literally. If you don’t explicitly tell them to build something securely, they won’t.” 

The trade-off between speed and security is nothing new, but the rise of g

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