Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actors

Disrupting malicious uses of AI

Disrupting malicious uses of AI | February 2026

Our latest threat report examines how malicious actors combine AI models with websites and social platforms—and what it means for detection and defense.

Preparing for malicious uses of AI

We’ve co-authored a paper that forecasts how malicious actors could misuse AI technology, and potential ways we can prevent and mitigate these threats. This paper is the outcome of almost a year of sustained work with our colleagues at the Future of Humanity Institute, the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, the Center for a New American Security, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others.

Disrupting malicious uses of AI: June 2025

Our latest report featuring case studies of how we’re detecting and preventing malicious uses of AI.

Cyber threat actors: AI-assisted intrusion research

OpenAI banned accounts potentially associated with publicly reported DPRK-affiliated threat actors using AI to research intrusion tooling, phishing, malware, and cryptocurrency targeting.

AI Persuasion as a Threat to Human Control

arXiv:2609.14796v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The threat that AI persuasion poses to human control has been acknowledged in the literature, but not yet systematically studied. Now that persuasion a...