AI Appreciation Day: Let’s Be Honest About What We’re Appreciating
Today is AI Appreciation Day, and honestly, we mean it. AI has changed how we write code, analyze threats, and get work done faster than anyone thought possible a few years ago. It deserves a moment of gratitude.
But at Check Point, we spend most of our year studying the other side of that coin and our newly released AI Security Report 2026 makes one thing very clear: the same qualities we’re celebrating today are exactly what’s made AI such a powerful tool for attackers too. So in the spirit of appreciating AI honestly, not just enthusiastically, here’s what a year of research told us.
AI Stopped Assisting and Started Operating
A year ago, we described AI as a force multiplier for attackers, something that made old tricks faster and cheaper. That framing no longer captures what we’re seeing. Our researchers documented intrusions where AI ran exploitation workflows with minimal...
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