Organizations are spending more on AI, yet attacks aimed at AI systems are the threat they feel least prepared for, according to new research from PwC.

The consultancy surveyed 3,934 business and technology leaders across 71 countries between May and July 2026. Among the security and technology executives in that group, half placed attacks on AI systems in their top five preparedness gaps. No other threat on the list ranked higher.

PwC's view is that frontier AI models can now discover previously unknown software flaws and exploit them with little human involvement. This report adds to earlier findings from the same survey on how ready companies are for emerging threats.

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Companies around the world are adopting AI faster than they are learning to protect it. Few are preparing for the day quantum computers can break today's encryption. These are the main findings of PwC's 2027 Global Digital Trust Insights report.

The consultancy surveyed nearly 4,000 business and technology leaders in more than 70 countries. The goal was to see how organizations are responding to a fast-changing digital environment. AI is at the center of almost every finding.

Attacks on AI systems top the worry list

Respondents expect AI-assisted attacks to grow in volume and speed. The more notable result is that they named attacks on their own AI systems as the threat they are least prepared to handle.

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