Summary: Hyperwrite CEO Matt Shumer’s essay, “Something Big Is Happening,” has gone viral with over 30 million views, comparing the current state of AI to February 2020. He argues that AI is no longer a “future threat” but is already capable of handling full technical workloads, warning that many organizations are underestimating the speed of this shift.
Business Impact: Massive workforce and security realignment. As AI takes over technical tasks, the primary security risk shifts from “External Hackers” to “Agentic Misconfiguration.” If one person can do three days of work in an hour using AI, the potential for high-speed, automated data leakage increases exponentially.
Why It Happened: The release of highly specialized coding models (like GPT-5.3 Codex) has reached a tipping point where AI can successfully build, debug, and deploy complex software with minimal human intervention.
Recommended Executive Action: Establish an “AI Velocity” governance board. You must secure the *output* of AI-generated work as much as the *input*. Shift security training from “phishing awareness” to “AI-human partnership accountability.”
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