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Safety-critical industries wary about using AI for cybersecurity

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By Eric Geller

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of organizations have already integrated AI into their cybersecurity programs, but industries with critical physical safety concerns are among the least likely to have deployed it, according to a survey that the security firm Arctic Wolf released on Wednesday.

The financial services industry led the way in implementing AI for security, with 82% of respondents in that sector saying they had done so, followed by IT and telecommunications (77%), manufacturing (77%) and professional services (75%).

Energy companies have fewer AI deployments, with 59% of respondents saying they had incorporated AI into their cybersecurity programs, just behind government and military (60%) and transportation (64%).

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