The release of ChatGPT-4 last week shook the world, but the jury is still out on what it means for the data security landscape. On one side of the coin, generating malware and ransomware is easier than ever before. On the other, there is a range of new defensive use cases.

Recently, VentureBeat spoke to some of the world’s top cybersecurity analysts to gather their predictions for ChatGPT and generative AI in 2023. The experts’ predictions include:

1. ChatGPT will lower the barrier to entry for cybercrime 

2. Crafting convincing phishing emails will become easier

3. Organizations will need AI-literate security professionals  

4. Enterprises will need to validate generative AI output. 

5. Generative AI will upscale existing threats. 

6. Companies will define expectations for ChatGPT use

7. AI will augment the human element. 

8. Organizations will still face the same old threats