Palo Alto Networks (PAN) is a large American cyber-security firm. Its boss, Nikesh Arora, says that as AI changes cyber-defence "AI has to fight AI". PAN has formed alliances with rivals such as CrowdStrike to make AI deployment safer, and in 2026 announced it would acquire Portkey, a firm that helps manage and protect AI agents. PAN reports that the fastest quartile of attackers, equipped with AI, can now steal data from a software system they have broken into in just over an hour, down from almost five in 2024.
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