The Google analysts found that instead of using AI to revolutionize their attacks, APT and IO actors appear to be leveraging it to speed up routine tasks rather than create novel threats. The report highlights that Gemini’s safeguards blocked direct misuse, preventing it from being used for phishing, malware development or infrastructure attacks.

While artificial intelligence advancements unlock opportunities in various industries, innovations may also become targets of hackers, highlighting a concerning potential for AI misuse. Google’s threat intelligence department released a paper titled Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI,

Google highlighted significant abuse of its Gemini LLM tool by nation state actors to support malicious activities, including research and malware development

Google's own cybersecurity teams found evidence of nation-state hackers using Gemini to help with some aspects of cyberattacks.

In recent months, a troubling discovery has been made about how North Korean hackers are using advanced AI tools to carry out cybercrimes and espionage. According to a report by Google, the North Korean government-backed cybercriminals have been using a powerful AI system called Google Gemini to enhance their hacking operations.