Blog Security Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Is AI Overhyped? Berk Veral is the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Akamai. There’s no question that the AI revolution has transformed cybersecurity, for better and for worse. Perhaps no tech topic is more ubiquitous — or more hyped — than artificial intelligence (AI). When OpenAI brought AI to the masses with its release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world was forever changed. AI startups began to attract massive funds, giant tech companies like Microsoft and Apple raced to implement AI in their own products, and public awareness of AI as a tangible tool peaked.  \r\n Now, terms like generative AI, large language models, machine learning, and neural networks are appearing in virtually every commercial sphere, from professional services to consumer electronics. There’s even an AI-enabled toaster . \r\n But what is AI exactly?…