Commercial AI market collapse threatens defensive funding

The author argues that information security is facing a worst-case scenario as a potential commercial AI market collapse threatens to starve defensive AI development of funding, while malicious actors rapidly weaponize cheap, on-premise AI models. As attackers overwhelm defenders with automated agentic cyber operations, the author contends that network owners must abandon over-reliance on speed and scale, and instead return to fundamental defensive strategies like zero trust architecture and strict network segmentation. Open article →