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When Anyone Can Launch a Cyberattack or Deepfake: The Accessibility Threshold Has Broken

The most consequential near-term AI risk is not at the frontier capability ceiling but at the accessibility floor: as powerful tools become cheap and easy to use, the barrier to harmful deployment shifts from technical skill to mere intent.

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  1. AI lowers offensive cyber and deepfake skill floor to near zero

  2. Detection Capabilities Cannot Keep Pace With Generation, Creating Asymmetric Risks