Adversarial Intelligence

What happens when machines go to war with each other?
In Adversarial Intelligence: AI Attackers vs. AI Defenders (2025-2035), visionary author Byte Revenat takes readers inside the most urgent technological arms race of our time: the battle between autonomous cyber attackers and equally autonomous defenders. This is not science fiction-it is the unfolding reality of the next decade.
From the first AI-driven phishing campaigns to the dawn of artificial general intelligence (AGI) in cyber conflict, Revenat charts a gripping narrative of escalation. Attackers wield AI to probe vulnerabilities, mutate malware, and launch deception campaigns at machine speed. Defenders counter with adaptive response systems, deception fabrics, and international collaboration networks designed to share threat intelligence in real time. The duel is relentless, evolving, and global.


Why this book matters

• Timely foresight: Covering the years 2025 to 2035, Revenat blends cutting-edge research, expert interviews, and scenario planning to forecast how far the AI arms race could go.
• Human-centered focus: Amid the machine-speed conflict, the book insists on one truth: humans must remain in control. Governance, oversight, and ethics are not optional-they are the decisive edge.
• Global perspective: From NATO's Locked Shields cyber exercises to the EU's AI Act and the U.S. AI Safety Institute, Revenat shows how governments and industries are scrambling to set rules before runaway scenarios unfold.
• Accessible storytelling: Written for the intelligent layperson, the book translates technical complexity into vivid analogies-AI war games as flight simulators, cyber duels as lightning-speed chess matches-making the stakes clear and compelling.

• Cloud Wars: How attackers exploit misconfigurations and defenders deploy AI-driven resilience.
• Human Overwatch: The irreplaceable role of human judgment in supervising AI decisions.
• Trust and Safety in Automation: Ensuring defensive AI isn't turned against its operators.
• Adaptive Response: Incident response plans that delegate tasks to AI agents.
• AGI in Cyber Conflict: Exploring the impact of a potential early AGI used maliciously.
• Policy and Oversight: Government and industry guidelines for AI-on-AI engagements.
• International Collaboration: Sharing threat intelligence at machine speed-and the challenges therein.
• War Games: Simulations where AI attackers and defenders are pitted against each other.
• Predictions to 2035: Expert foresight on which side may hold the edge.
• Staying in Control: Strategies for maintaining human-centered security in an AI-dominated landscape.

• Business leaders seeking to understand how AI-driven threats will reshape risk.
• Policy makers grappling with governance and oversight in an AI-dominated world.
• Cybersecurity professionals and Hackers training for machine-speed duels.
• General readers curious about how AI will transform conflict, defense, and trust in the digital age.