How I learned to stop worrying and love the kill switch

The irony? So many of these shiny new AI tools we’re being sold are designed to help us stay compliant - tick the regulatory boxes, meet legal standards, keep data protected. Helpful, yes. But here’s the catch: the very tools meant to protect us may themselves be wide open to the kind of cyber-piracy they claim to prevent. It’s like fitting a burglar alarm and then leaving the back door ajar.

I now see cybersecurity like one of those battered treasure chests in Pirates of the Caribbean - brimming with gold coins. But in our world, those coins are data: your data, my data, everyone’s data. And the chest? It’s got a dodgy lock that can be prised open by any reasonably competent hacker armed with malware, ransomware or deepfake tools. AI, paired with biometric and synthetic tech, makes it even easier - because now the pirates don’t just steal the gold. They can look like you while doing it.