# AI-Enabled Attacks and AI-Based Defense

DevFeed: [AI-Enabled Attacks and AI-Based Defense](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bring-on-the-ai-swarms-they-re-the-only-thing-that-can-defend-us-now-that-ai-is-free-30922.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/16/bring-on-the-ai-swarms-theyre-the-only-thing-that-can-defend-us-now-that-ai-is-free/5296727>)

Author: Mark Pesce

Published: 2026-09-16T06:31:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-ml.md>), [cybercrime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybercrime.md>), [frontier-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontier-ai.md>), [qwen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qwen.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article argues that widespread frontier-level AI will make attacks persistent and discusses AI-based defense.

## Source excerpt

Frontier-level AI runs everywhere, so attacks will never stop