OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment

Generative AI has vastly expanded the toolkit available to hackers and other bad actors. It’s now possible to do everything from deepfaking a CEO to creating fake receipts. OpenAI, the biggest generative AI startup of them all, knows this better than anyone. And it’s just invested in another AI startup that helps companies defend against these kinds of attacks. New York-based Adaptive Security has raised a $43 million Series A co-led by OpenAI’s startup fund and Andreessen Horowitz, it announced Wednesday. This marks OpenAI’s first investment in a cybersecurity startup, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. Adaptive Security simulates AI-generated ‘hacks’ to train employees to spot these threats. You might pick up the phone to listen to the voice of your CTO asking for a verification code. That wouldn’t be your actual CTO, but a spoof generated by Adaptive Security. Adaptive Security’s platform doesn’t just spoof phone calls: it also covers texts and emails, while scoring which parts of ... Read full article.