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Deep & Emerging Tech·September 2, 2026·1 min read

AI is getting closer to being able to exploit OT, and that's very bad news for critical infrastructure

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If AI-assisted exploitation of OT is moving from theory toward practice, critical infrastructure risk shifts from "air-gapped and obscure" to "discoverable and scriptable." Operators of plants, grids, and factories need to assume attackers will use AI to bridge IT–OT gaps and start inventorying exposed assets and legacy protocols now.