New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The rapid acceleration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has turned into a "gold rush" that risks triggering a far-reaching trust and security crisis if companies continue to prioritise speed, scale and competitive advantage over testing, safeguards and responsible deployment, Palo Alto Networks Chief Executive Nikesh Arora said on Thursday.

"There is a risk that the pace in which AI is going, we are going to have a trust and security problem, because there is no thought being given to deploying it responsibly, because it's a gold rush," he said during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, themed "Diffusing AI: Human Capital, Infrastructure and Trust."

He further said "Every time I stop to create security controls, or a...