The Download: AI-enhanced cybercrime, and secure AI assistants

MIT Technology Review

by Rhiannon Williams

February 12, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. Just as software engineers are using artificial intelligence to help write code and check for bugs, hackers are using these tools…

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Originally published on MIT Technology Review on 2/12/2026