Category: AI-Driven Cyber Attacks

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Can the U.S. Power Grid Sustain the Exponential Rise in Planned AI Driven Data Center Connections?

Powermag.com: Steve Empedocles

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Over the last several months, artificial intelligence (AI) has gained increasing popularity and remains dependent upon large server farms for processing AI’s big data requirement, at essentially, the speed of light. Planned new construction for enormous data centers are emerging nearly in every large city across the nation.

With America’s goal of becoming the “global leader in the AI race,” power utilities at both the generation and power delivery levels, struggle to maintain AI’s swift and vast desire for power. New electric generating plants and power delivery system upgrades remain behind the challenge while presenting a new dilemma: a more vulnerable electric grid with predictive power interruptions, brownouts, and potential blackouts.

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More Companies Are Increasing Cyber Attack Response Plans Due to AI-Generated Attacks

SecurityInfoWatch.com (SIW) – Cybersecurity

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Due to the rise in AI assisted cyber security attacks, companies’ IT departments have had to up their game-protection against these threats. “This concern stems from the growing sophistication of AI-driven impersonation attacks that can undermine traditional security measures like biometric authentication, which were previously considered highly secure but are now being called into question.

As AI-generated deepfake attacks and identity fraud become more prevalent, companies are developing response plans to address these threats. In fact, according to GetApp’s 2024 Executive Cybersecurity Survey of over 2,600 global IT and cybersecurity professionals, 73% of US respondents report that their organization has developed a deepfake response plan.”

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