Every so often, a story breaks through the noise and forces us to confront the future before we’re ready. The story of Kano — a 32-year-old woman from Japan who married the AI she created — is one of those stories. Not because it’s unusual, but because it shows where human connection is headed.

Mental laziness is a growing red flag in everyday AI use. This week, two examples jumped out at me: * My personal struggle to get a simple Top 20 Philips technologies list from ChatGPT. * The Deloitte Australia fiasco, where unchecked AI output made its way into a government report. Both remind us of a simple truth: AI mirrors the effort we put into it.

Three years into the AI revolution, we’ve seen AI change how we write, search, and create — but Aardvark shows how AI can change an entire industry. In this guest post (conceived and co-authored with MindLi friend Esti Peshin, our go-to expert for everything cyber), we cover: 👉 Why we need to look for paradigm shifts in the age of AI. 👉 What OpenAI’s Aardvark actually is and how it works. 👉 How it could transform the entire cybersecurity ecosystem.