Cyber-Insecurity in the AI Era

Sponsored Presented byGC Cybersecurity Cybersecurity was already under strain before AI entered the stack. Now, as AI expands the attack surface and adds new complexity, the limits of legacy approaches are becoming harder to ignore. This session from MIT Technology Review's EmTech AI conference explores why security must be rethought with AI at its core, not layered on after the fact. About the speaker Tarique Mustafa, Cofounder, CEO, and CTO, GC Cybersecurity Tarique Mustafa is Cofounder and CEO/CTO of two AI-powered cybersecurity companies: GCCybersecurity, Inc. and its data compliance spinout, Chorology, Inc. A prolific inventor and internationally recognized authority in knowledge representation, inference calculus, and AI planning, Tarique has spent his career applying autonomously collaborative AI to solve complex, ultra-high-scale challenges across cybersecurity, data security, and compliance — with deep expertise spanning Data Classification, DLP, and DSPM industries. His groundbreaking innovations and multiple USPTO patents have earned him global recognition, including frequent invitations to deliver keynote addresses at prestigious international security conferences and forums. At GCCybersecurity, Tarique architected the core AI algorithms powering the company's 4th and 5th generation fully autonomous data leak protection and exfiltration platform — among the most advanced platform of its kind. Prior to founding GCCybersecurity and Chorology, he served as founding CEO/CTO of NexTier Networks, a Silicon Valley provider of award-winning Data Leak Prevention solutions. With over 20 years of technical leadership experience, Tarique has held senior roles at Symantec, DHL Airways IT, MCI WorldCom, EDS, Andes Networks, and Nevis Networks, where he served as Principal Architect and built industry-leading security products leveraging next-generation security monitoring, event correlation, IDS/IPS, and SSL/IPSec technologies. Tarique holds multiple approved and pending patents with the USPTO and has authored numerous research publications spanning Information & Data Security, Computer & Network Security, Software Architecture, Database Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence. A recipient of the prestigious Rotary International Scholarship for doctoral studies in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), Tarique also holds master’s degrees in engineering and computer science from USC, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NED University of Engineering & Technology. Deep Dive Artificial intelligence OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI. By Will Douglas Heavenarchive page How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world Exclusive: Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players. By Will Douglas Heavenarchive page Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts. According to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, AI is sprinting, and we’re struggling to keep up. By Michelle Kimarchive page Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models Musk kept his cool, and OpenAI’s lawyer bulldozed him with piercing questions about his motivations for suing the company. By Michelle Kimarchive page Stay connected Illustration by Rose Wong Get the latest updates from MIT Technology Review Discover special offers, top stories, upcoming events, and more. Enter your email Privacy Policy Thank you for submitting your email! Explore more newsletters It looks like something went wrong. We’re having trouble saving your preferences. Try refreshing this page and updating them one more time. If you continue to get this message, reach out to us at customer-service@technologyreview.com with a list of newsletters you’d like to receive.