Workers using artificial intelligence tools without due protection are opening their companies up to expensive data breaches, IBM warned in its annual report on the costs of recovering from cyberattacks. These tools involve “new and potentially fragile interdependent and interconnected systems that are linked to operational activities,” it said. (The Logic)

Talking point: IBM’s survey found 63 per cent of respondent companies don’t have AI governance policies telling their employees what is and isn’t allowed. Last year, IBM found Canadian companies were incurring lower expenses to deal with cyber breaches than before, bucking a global trend. This year, the figures have gone the other way: the average cost of a breach in Canada has reached $6.98 million, a 10.4 per cent increase from 2024. Those that attack via the victims’ own AI tools are $308,000 more expensive, on average, than those that don’t.