January 24, 2025:
Extended AI Thinking Time Boosts Cyber Defense - OpenAI researchers suggest that increasing inference time in AI models can enhance defenses against adversarial attacks. By allowing models like o1-preview and o1-mini to think longer, they boost resistance to attack methods, including image manipulations and misuse prompts.
The research indicates that extended compute time improves robustness in unambiguous tasks like math, but challenges persist for ambiguous content. Attackers take advantage of shorter compute times to raise error susceptibility, highlighting the need for balance between faster insights and stronger defenses.
