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Over the past year, headlines have been dominated by venture financings at valuations that would have seemed unimaginable only a few years ago. Artificial intelligence (“AI”) companies are raising billions of dollars at valuations measured in the tens, and in some cases hundreds, of billions of dollars.

Years ago, security researchers demonstrated a simple reality: Connect an unprotected computer directly to the internet, and it won’t stay untouched for long. The exact timeline varied — sometimes it took minutes, sometimes it took longer — but the outcome was always predictable; attackers would find the system and begin probing it for weaknesses.