CNBC: The hacking underworld has removed all of AI’s guardrails, but the good guys are closing in

Kiri Addison, senior manager for product management at communication and collaboration security firm Mimecast, says defenders can now use AI to understand the sentiment of messages beyond flagging specific keywords, and they can automate that process for maximum effectiveness. Plus, they can defend against a wider swath of problems by feeding data into their existing models or generating new data sets using AI.

Addison, whose firm specializes in email security (which remains the top avenue for cybercriminals), said, “You can generate these really great emails, but we can still stop them from getting to the user’s inbox so they never have to even see them.”