Banks warned frontier AI could create larger, faster cyber-attacks


Scott Murdoch
Contributor

Australia’s financial system regulator said on Thursday the country’s banks were not keeping pace with AI industry developments, warning frontier AI systems such as Anthropic’s Mythos had the potential to lead to larger and faster cyber attacks.

In a letter to banks, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said most of the industry’s information security practices were struggling to match the rate of change in AI.

The regulator said the …

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