How AI is Changing the Risk to Critical Space Infrastructure: Part I
In 2026, the debate over AI-related cyber risk crossed an important threshold. Until recently, much of the attention centered on models used as assistants: writing code, translating, finding information, modifying malware, or helping an operator through parts of a campaign. Evidence published this year now includes systems able to sustain longer operational sequences, use tools, and perform a growing share of the work between an initial instruction and a technical result.
