Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Risks: Legal Challenges and Regulatory Responses in the Digital Age

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a major force in shaping the landscape of the digital world, offering many prospects as well as creating many obstacles in the field of cybersecurity. In this paper, the role played by AI technology will be analyzed in terms of both its benefits and risks. First of all, artificial intelligence helps in increasing efficiency in threat detection and response while contributing to better overall security measures. At the same time, the potential of AI to be used for conducting attacks on cybersecurity systems is becoming increasingly real.
The paper considers the legal issues that have emerged due to these AI-based cyber threats. It is becoming increasingly challenging to resolve these legal issues in light of current laws due to their tendency to trail far behind technological advances. Moreover, the absence of any legislation related to the usage of AI technology has become another obstacle in the way of proper risk management.
Also, this paper will consider the contemporary approach to managing cybersecurity risks at both national and global level and will emphasize that the creation of new instruments of law that could be easily adapted to new circumstances was crucial. Also, the significance of ethics in overcoming current problems will be underlined.
To conduct a balanced analysis of this problem, an interdisciplinary research strategy is employed here, which takes into account both technological factors and legal issues. Finally, it should be said that addressing cyber security risks linked to AI requires not only strict law and innovations but also morality.

DOI - https://doi.org/10.65525/SVUP.9788199328631.2025.166-173