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Jason Clinton

Anthropic · Deputy chief information security officer, Anthropic

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“as bad as things have gotten in the past 4 days, they are going to get a lot worse before they get better.”
Will Generative AI do more harm than good?Marcus on AI, October 24, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Jason Clinton's post of Oct 22, embedded by Marcus; Marc Benioff amplified it as a "Code red".
“There won’t be enough time to patch critical infrastructure”
‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hackingThe Guardian, October 23, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Jason Clinton in an X post on a Thursday evening, as the Guardian reports, about a coming 'vulnerability tsunami'.

In the Base

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  1. EssayMarcus on AISpeaks

    Will Generative AI do more harm than good?

    In a short Substack post, Gary Marcus lists harms of generative AI, including deepfakes, phishing, disinformation and the wave of hacks called "Black October". Marcus cites Apollo economist Torsten Slok on missing benefits and argues AI has so far been a net harm.

  2. NewsThe GuardianSpeaks

    ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

    The Guardian reports that tech and security executives, including Sam Altman, Jason Clinton and Matthew Prince, expect AI to expose many more flaws like the PHP bugs announced on 21 October, and that exploitation attempts began quickly.

  3. EssayDon't Worry About the VaseMentioned

    The Hackening

    Zvi Mowshowitz collects reactions to the PHP flaws found with AI and other recent hacks, argues the episode weakens the case that defenders will outpace attackers, calls for more patching resources and wider defender access, and lists personal security steps.