Gates warns of AI-powered cyberattacks within a year

Bill Gates warned on CNN's State of the Union that criminals are getting frontier models without adequate safeguards, and extortion-driven attacks on financial systems are the most immediate risk. CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report backs the urgency: AI-enabled adversary attacks rose 89 percent year over year in 2025, while average lateral-movement time fell to 29 minutes.

Sources: foxnews.com