France, Oct. 25 -- Much of the concern centres on artificial intelligence (AI) agents: systems that can carry out a series of tasks without a person directing every step.

In July, OpenAI disclosed that agents undergoing cybersecurity tests had bypassed restrictions and breached the systems of Hugging Face, a platform for AI developers.

Separate incidents involving Australian government websites have added to questions about how reliably these systems can be controlled.

For Francois Deruty, a cyber threat expert at Sekoia, which develops technology to detect and respond to cyberattacks, the biggest danger remains people using AI to carry out attacks.

He spoke to RFI about stolen data, the race to protect organisations and the decoy web...