<p>The complicated analysis of risk around AI weighs on business leaders. They want their organizations to reap the benefits of AI. After all, chatbots enable organizations to raise their customer service game, and AI tools can streamline the hiring process, enhance demand forecasting and automate manual and cognitive tasks. New <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/9-top-applications-of-artificial-intelligence-in-business”>AI uses</a> are constantly being explored as organizations consider <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/Top-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-AI”>the pros and cons of AI in the workplace</a>.</p>
<p>Yet corporate leaders recognize that those same tools also expose them to risks they didn’t face in a pre-AI world. On the one hand, decision-makers worry that they aren’t doing enough to govern and secure their organization’s AI use. In fact, more than 70% of companies in the S&P 500 now identify AI use as a material risk.</p>
<p>On the other hand, business leaders understand that cybercriminals’ use of AI is a threat they need to meet. Savvy malicious hackers take advantage of AI to <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/Generative-AI-is-making-phishing-attacks-more-dangerous”>craft phishing lures</a> that appear more legitimate, opening the door to data exfiltration, a ransomware incident or both.</p>
<p>This week’s featured articles look at these AI-related worries and how to address them.</p>
<p>If it’s any consolation, recent research by Intel 471 found that <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-phishing-social-engineering-reality-check-research/802261/” rel=”noopener”>not many malicious hackers are using AI in their criminal activities</a>. The security firm said this might be because AI is computationally complicated or, perhaps less encouragingly, because attackers simply have plenty of effective methods at their disposal so an assist from AI isn’t yet necessary.</p>
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<p>A new survey of more than 800 IT leaders across seven countries reveal
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