While the push-pull between defenders and attackers using artificial intelligence continues, there's another security dimension to machine intelligence that should be of concern. Just as the rise of IoT devices has created an inadvertent new threat surface ripe for introducing vulnerabilities, some say that AI developers are rushing their wares to market without building in appropriate security controls. While we are not talking about IA doomsday predictions for humanity from the likes of Elon Musk, there are a number of experts urging promoters of AI to pump the brakes when it comes to cybersecurity. "In traditional engineering, safety is built in upfront – but in software applications, security is all too often brought in from the rear," said Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP's NS2 national security division. "Developers are instead thinking about consumer convenience or running an enterprise.