U.S. companies are up against a ticking time bomb: Thanks to AI, hackers are on the verge of launching fully automated cyberattacks that can move faster, smarter and more personally than ever.

Why it matters: Those attacks could halt production at factories, knock hospitals offline or control power grids — all before anyone even realizes something's wrong.

The big picture: Advancements in generative AI are giving hackers the ability to boost their own skill sets and automate parts of the attack chain. • OpenAI and Anthropic have both already found evidence of nation-state adversaries and cybercriminals using their models to write code and research their attacks. • Sandra Joyce, who leads Google's Threat Intelligence Group, tells Axios her team has seen evidence of malicious hackers a

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