MIT SLOAN QUIETLY SHELVES AI RANSOMWARE STUDY AFTER RESEARCHER CALLS BS

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MIT Sloan has withdrawn a paper claiming that over 80% of ransomware attacks are AI-driven following strong criticism by cybersecurity experts who found its claims unsubstantiated and its evidence lacking. Critics argued the research exaggerated AI's role in cyberattacks and pointed to possible conflicts of interest, causing MIT to promise an updated version.