Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS Collapse
Arvind Krishna warns quantum computers will break current cryptography by ~2030, urging immediate migration.
“post-quantum cryptography is understood, it's well known, the code is written, but people have been too lazy to access it. But I believe the time to wake up is now.”
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna argues that a working quantum computer capable of breaking current encryption is likely by 2030, and that the 'harvest now, decrypt later' attack vector makes this an urgent present-day risk. Post-quantum cryptographic standards already exist but enterprise adoption has lagged. The signal is more cybersecurity than AI-specific, limiting its relevance to an AI conference newsletter.