Issue Autonomous cyber warfare would remove humans from both attack and defence
Summary
Deloitte poses AI-versus-AI conflict, with attack and defence running at machine speed and no human in the loop, as a change of kind rather than degree, and lists swarm coordination, adaptive persistent threats, opinion manipulation and AI-driven financial crisis as its component risks.
Classification
Main topicGeopolitics & Security
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=61;section=The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense / Autonomous cyber warfare 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=61;section=The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense / Autonomous cyber warfare 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
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Directly linked signals 0
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Relation types: constitutes
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