CyberWire Daily at 10: Developments in AI and machine learning over the past decade. [Special Edition]

In this episode, Dave Bittner joins Maria Varmazis to explore how AI in cybersecurity has changed over the past decade, from opaque, marketed machine-learning features to widely accessible generative AI. They examine defensive automation, attacker enablement, workforce consequences, and why human oversight remains essential, before looking ahead and recalling the early chatbot ELIZA.

Join Maria and Dave as they discuss:

• Cybersecurity AI development from anomaly detection, Watson, and the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge to today’s generative AI and autonomous agents.
• How AI has changed phishing, deepfakes, vulnerability discovery, sensitive-data exposure, and the speed of attacker operations.
• TheAutomation’s impact on security teams, including entry-level roles and the balance between machine-speed analysis and human judgment.
• Keeping humans in the loop while remaining optimistic that AI could ultimately give defenders an advantage.

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