Fight AI with AI, Thales CEO Tells Cybersecurity Gathering
The framework combines application security, detection and response, and continuous testing as AI-driven attacks accelerate at machine speed, Thales said.
- On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Thales Chief Executive Caine unveiled a new cyber defense framework in Paris, warning that artificial intelligence has accelerated the speed and sophistication of global cyberattacks.
- State actors increasingly target private companies operating critical services rather than seeking money, Caine said, adding, "They are not looking for money; they are looking to get access to our system and data."
- To counter these threats, the group announced a partnership with Google Cloud to utilize Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, while allocating €4.5 billion annually toward research and development in critical technologies.
- Defensive strategies now prioritize automated systems under human oversight, with Caine noting, "AI can be used to protect, to defend and protect yourself, using the same scale and same speed that attackers use to attack."
- While the industry debates the safety of frontier AI models, with some executives warning that advanced systems could pose existential risks to humanity, European governments remain concerned about state-sponsored sabotage.
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The head of Europe's largest defense technology company, the French Thales, has defended greater investments in artificial intelligence-based defense systems (AI) to accompany an increase in cyber attacks powered by technology. Artificial intelligence allows malicious agents to act faster and launch sophisticated attacks more easily, while some models are gaining autonomy to operate without human supervision, Caine told customers during an event…
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PARIS, Oct 1 : The head of Europe's largest defence technology firm, France's Thales, called for greater investment in AI-powered defences to keep pace with a "frightening" increase in cyberattacks enhanced by artificial intelligence.AI enables attackers to operate faster and launch sophisticated attacks more
Thales Unveils a Global Framework to Protect Critical Organisations from Frontier AI Attacks
Thales believes that frontier models call for a revolution in the pace of cyber defence: while the fundamentals of cybersecurity remain valid, they must now be executed at machine speed, without ever relinquishing human judgement over the decisions that matter. Today, Thales unveiled an end-to-end framework to help critical organisations counter a new generation of […]
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welingelichtekringen.nlThe speed at which the number of cyberattacks is increasing is frightening. Patrice Caine, CEO of the French defense and technology group Thales, said this on Thursday. According to him, these attacks are now also more frequently supported by governments and target critical services in particular.
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