Introduction There's this question that keeps coming up in cybersecurity circles, and honestly, it feels a bit like asking whether we can outrun our own shadow. Can defensive AI actually stay ahead of AI-powered attacks? The short answer is probably not in any permanent way, but that doesn't mean we're doomed to lose this fight. The thing about AI in cybersecurity: it's fundamentally playing both offense and defense at the same time. The same capabilities that make AI brilliant at detecting anomalies and predicting threats also make it exceptional at finding vulnerabilities and automating attacks. We're in an arms race with ourselves, which is strange when you think about it. Defenders do have some ...