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The Generative AI Tipping Point

October 17, 2023

Technology and security leaders are once again standing at an inflection point. OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022, and within four days of launching had more than 1 million users. In contrast to previous waves of technology innovation, like cloud computing, which typically see a slow adoption rate, generative AI and large language models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity. So it was not surprising when our survey found that 73% of respondents said employees in their organization used a generative AI tool or LLM sometimes or frequently. That number will likely only increase as economic and competitive pressures drive organizations to use AI tools in new ways.

What was surprising? An overwhelming majority of respondents (nearly 82%) say they’re confident that their organization’s current security stack can protect against threats from generative AI tools, yet 74% are planning to invest in generative AI security measures this year. Hopefully those investments don’t come too late.

Though employee adoption is high, leaders have their concerns about the technology. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in an interview with the Times of India, said his biggest fear is “the hypothetical idea that we already have done something really bad by launching ChatGPT.”

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TOPICS

ChatGPT, Generative AI