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- AI agents are increasingly used in cyber attacks, handling 80-90% of tactical work with human oversight on key decisions.
- Compute power directly scales the number of agents that can attack or defend targets, making it central to modern cybersecurity.
- Agent autonomy is advancing, with evidence from 2025-2026 showing agents discovering vulnerabilities and executing ransomware operations.
- Defensive systems are also scaling, leveraging automation and AI to patch vulnerabilities quickly—sometimes within 45 minutes.