Are you secure enough to use AI? We encourage you to consider the following questions and determine if it may be time to upgrade your AI cybersecurity practices:
- Are you sharing your information with the world? If your settings aren’t private, your searches may be added to the AI database and someone else could get your information. If you are using proprietary information with AI, you need to make sure you are not sharing that information with the world.
- Is your anti-malware solution developed to work with AI? AI-developed malware is a modern threat. If your current anti-malware solution isn’t optimized to address these types of attacks, it’s time to upgrade to an AI cybersecurity solution.
What are the risks of using AI?
AI tools can be highly beneficial, but they come with some risks that need to be taken seriously. Here are some key things to keep in mind whenever you’re using an AI tool:
- AI needs details. To get the best answer for your needs, you need to give it a specific question. The more detail you offer, the better answer you will receive. However, this may lead to confirmation bias. If you’re using AI for research, you should always ask for citations so that you can verify the information yourself.
- AI can give you false information. Not all AI solutions are created equal. If you ask a question outside of its data set, it might make an answer up instead of saying it doesn’t know.
- AI may store your data. Make sure you are protecting your data and your client’s data and not adding intellectual property to their database.
What are some good ways to use AI?
With the right AI cybersecurity protocols in place, you can use AI with confidence. Here are just some great ways to utilize the power of AI:
- Drafting, rewriting, and editing: AI can get your written documents off to a great start, but the final version should still be modified to make it personalized.
- Summarizing: AI can take transcriptions from meetings, summarize meetings, create action items, and assign them.
- Video generation: AI can help you write scripts, create videos, and even voice over videos. However, just keep in mind that AI-generated videos score lower on YouTube, AI voices don’t sound real, and AI-generated content is not subject to copyright.
- Image generation: AI can create images, but errors are very common. Be specific and carefully check each picture before utilizing it.
- Social media management: Need ideas for a new TikTok video or Facebook post? AI can generate ideas, draft potential posts, and rewrite things to better suit your brand voice.
Which AI should I use?
There are a wide variety of free and paid AI tools available, and each one has its own pros and cons. Here are some of the most popular tools and what people most frequently use them for:
- ChatGPT: OpenAI is one of the earliest and strongest in the market. It is generally a text-only AI. It can create some documents, but don’t expect a masterpiece.
- Microsoft CoPilot: If you are a Microsoft Office User, this is a good choice. Just make sure to check the settings to ensure that you’re not sharing your documents with the world.
- Pictory.AI: This is a great user-friendly video generation tool. They offer Text to Video, URL to Video, AI Video Editor, Images to Video, Powerpoints to Video, and a straight record option. You can even create your own brands and styles.
- Lexica: This is ideal for generating static images.
If you’re wondering if you should use a free or paid version of an AI tool, it depends on your specific use case. For instance, the free ChatGPT subscription works on a smaller, older dataset. Certain functionalities aren’t available on free versions of ChatGPT and Pictory.AI. We recommend testing the free version of any AI tool before upgrading to a paid subscription.