AI chatbots accelerate discovery of security vulnerabilities, outpacing industry slowdown pact

WIRED reports that widely available AI chatbots are already being used to uncover a surge of security flaws, even as AI labs consider an industry-wide pact to slow development. The article suggests the vulnerability discovery wave is underway, not hypothetical, and that any slowdown pact would not reverse the current exploitation of AI for security research. This matters because it signals an accelerating cyber risk landscape where AI-driven vulnerability discovery outpaces defensive measures.