{
  "id": 19129,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29545",
  "title": "Stand-Alone Complex or Vibercrime? Exploring the adoption and innovation of GenAI tools, coding assistants, and agents within cybercrime ecosystems",
  "summary": "arXiv:2603.29545v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Existential risk scenarios relating to Generative Artificial Intelligence often involve advanced systems or agentic models breaking loose and using hacking tools to gain control over critical infrastructure. In this paper, we argue that the real threats posed by generative AI for cybercrime are rather different. We apply innovation theory and evolutionary economics - treating cybercrime as an ecosystem of small- and medium-scale tech start-ups,",
  "authors": "Jack Hughes, Ben Collier, Daniel R. Thomas",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "safety-alignment,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-14T04:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-14T05:10:49.168Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-cscy",
  "source_name": "arXiv cs.CY",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CY/recent",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19129",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29545",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}