Jim Cramer Shares Key Role Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) Can Play In Defending AI

We recently published 10 Stocks Jim Cramer Discussed As He Dismissed A Recession. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) is a cybersecurity company whose shares have gained 9.2% year-to-date. It is a stock in one of Cramer’s favorite sectors, i.e., cybersecurity. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)’s shares are on their road to recovery after they dipped by a major 17% in July after the firm announced a major acquisition of a cybersecurity company. Despite the hefty dip in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)’s shares, Cramer has defended the acquisition as he believes that it will help the firm expand its business. This time, he commented on the role cybersecurity companies can play to ensure agentic AI bots aren’t hacked:

“And now we know white collar, obviously white collar, I was listening to Nikesh Arora last night, from Palo Alto Networks. You know, there’s just every single week there’s a new better AI program that makes it so you don’t wanna hire. . .you just don’t wanna hire.

“[On how agentics could be hacked] Nikesh Arora’s I think the guy who’s thought, look, more about this, . . .and they recognize that these things are just kind of bots that you can program the way you want em. And that there’s whole countries that want to, crash the bots, our bots.”

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