There has never been a better time to be a North Korean hacker. Last year the country’s cyber-thieves stole $2bn-worth of cryptocurrency, triple the level two years before, according to Chainalysis, a research firm. This year’s haul(收获；赃物) is on course to(有望；即将) be much bigger. On October 29th $6.3bn was swipe(偷窃；刷（卡）)d from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has pointed the finger at the hermit kingdom(隐士王国（指朝鲜）).
对于朝鲜黑客来说，眼下是前所未有的好时机。研究公司Chainalysis的数据显示，去年朝鲜的网络窃贼盗取了价值20亿美元的加密货币，是两年前的三倍。今年的收获注定会大得多。10月29日，全球最大的加密货币交易所币安被盗走63亿美元。美国联邦调查局已将矛头指向这个隐士王国。
The theft is but one example of a worrying pattern. Recent weeks have brought what looks to be a sharp acceleration in the frequency of damaging hacks. The details behind many remain murky(模糊的；不清楚的). But what is clear is that advances in artificial intelligence have handed new powers to cyber-criminals, who are using it to churn out malware, execute sophisticated “phishing” schemes and, increasingly, to comb through software code looking for vulnerabilities.(但明确的是，人工智能的进步赋予了网络犯罪分子新的能力，他们利用AI大量生成恶意软件、实施复杂的“钓鱼”骗局，并越来越多地梳理软件代码以寻找漏洞。)
这起盗窃案只是一个令人担忧的趋势中的一例。最近几周，破坏性黑客攻击的频率似乎急剧上升。许多攻击背后的细节仍不清楚。但明确的是，人工智能的进步赋予了网络犯罪分子新的能力，他们利用AI大量生成恶意软件、实施复杂的“钓鱼”骗局，并越来越多地梳理软件代码以寻找漏洞。
The danger is, paradoxically(矛盾地；自相矛盾地), a golden opportunity(绝佳机会) for frontier labs. Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s finance chief, says she thinks cyber-security will become a “huge business” for her company over the next two years. It recently hired an executive from Wiz, an Israeli cyber-security firm owned by Google, to pitch(推销；竭力劝说) its software to enterprises. Likewise, in paperwork recently filed for its forthcoming stock-market debut, Anthropic, OpenAI’s arch-rival(主要竞争对手), described cyber-security as “one of our most important near-term opportunities”. Yet cashing in on the cyber-risks posed by AI will be tricky for the model-makers.(然而，对于模型开发者来说，从AI带来的网络风险中获利并非易事。)
矛盾的是，危险对前沿实验室来说却是黄金机会。OpenAI首席财务官Sarah Friar表示，她认为网络安全将在未来两年成为公司的“巨大业务”。该公司最近从谷歌旗下的以色列网络安全公司Wiz聘请了一名高管，向企业推销其软件。同样，OpenAI的主要竞争对手Anthropic在最近为即将上市提交的文件中，将网络安全描述为“我们近期最重要的机会之一”。然而，对于模型开发者来说，从AI带来的网络风险中获利并非易事。