How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools | TechCrunch

Professor of cryptography Matthew Green argues that as artificial intelligence significantly improves the efficiency of detecting software vulnerabilities, it may lead to a scarcity of security flaws, making it difficult for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to solve cases through legitimate hacking methods. Green points out that there is an “unequal truce” between governments and technology companies: governments maintain their monitoring capabilities by investing in cracking tools, rather than relying on device backdoors. If vulnerabilities become increasingly rare in the future, governments may be forced to reinstall backdoors or purchase spyware to maintain their monitoring functions, which will reduce the security of all devices. Although encryption technology has made real-time eavesdropping difficult, Green believes that AI-driven large-scale vulnerability detection will change this balance. Several cybersecurity experts have different views on this issue; some agree with the trend of scarce vulnerabilities, while others are concerned that AI may change the way human hackers work.