We’re amidst a paradigm shift in society where many product verticals are being reimagined through an ‘AI-first’ architecture. An AI-first architecture is one where much of the core business logic is driven by AI, and the product is architected to fully exploit the capabilities of the underlying AI models. A striking example is IDEs; intelligent editors such as Cursor have quickly gained popularity in the software community. Countless startups have emerged to challenge well-established experiences (email, online shopping, real estate, to name a few) with AI-first alternatives.
This promises not only an exciting future but also a more dangerous one. Traditional attack paths are outmoded under the new regime of AI-centric architectures. In this article, we discuss novel attack paradigms that AI-first architectures are vulnerable to and how companies operating in this space can defend against them.
