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‘Start of a tsunami’: Global web shutdowns signal dystopian AI future

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 22, 2026 • 06:29 AM
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This time, business and government acted quickly to ensure no harm was done. But experts warn the next AI-led discovery could be weaponised by bad actors.

‘Start of a tsunami’: Global web shutdowns signal dystopian AI future

Artificial intelligence may be pitched as the good guy in Thursday’s stories about how it discovered cybersecurity flaws in most of the world’s websites, but the events are an ominous watershed moment that shows how the game has changed forever.

The existential warnings about rising power of the bots are starting to eventuate before our eyes.

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