Bruce Schneier

3 min read Gerard Soury/Getty Images Microsoft recently caught state-backed hackers using its generative AI tools to help with their attacks. In the security community, the immediate questions weren’t about how hackers were using the tools (that was utterly predictable), but about how Microsoft figured it out. The natural conclusion was that Microsoft was spying on its AI users, looking for harmful hackers at work. Some pushed back at characterizing Microsoft’s actions as “spying.” Of