In 2026, civilians, businesses, and organizations will be markedly less safe from a cybersecurity perspective than they were in 2025 due to the proliferation of capable AI models.

In the last week alone, HackerOne automatically validated 4,000 vulnerabilities submitted through its programs.

The frontier of AI capabilities is advancing much more quickly than corporate security teams are able to keep up.

A significant advancement of Anthropic's Mythos model is its ability to chain together exploits, turning multiple vulnerabilities into a more critical issue.