By Marci Paino,
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 12:15:00
Only a few years ago, AI was present in the workplace but peripheral, a specialized tool operating largely out of sight. Today, it’s fundamentally changing how we learn, work, and lead. Nowhere is that shift more visible right now than in cybersecurity, where frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber have changed cybersecurity as we know it, and using AI-powered capabilities to tip the scale in favor of defenders over adversaries is critical. This creates a new challenge for leaders, workers, and educators as they consider how to prepare the cybersecurity workforce for an era where humans and AI agents work side by side.
That challenge is at the center of the AI Workforce Consortium’s latest research, AI Agents and the Impact on Cybersecurity — the first in a new series of spotlight reports offering more frequent, timely insight into where AI is having the greatest impact.
Founded in 2024, the AI Workforce Consortium was created by…
