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Artificial intelligence (AI) is turbocharging cybersecurity threats—and Apple has begun dispatching updates to its iPhones and tablets faster to combat them.

Apple released iOS 26.5.2 on Monday for iPhone 11 and later, alongside corresponding updates for iPads. Historically, Apple would have waited until iOS 26.6 to wrap this latest round of security patches within its broader software update. But according to a report from Reuters, the tech giant has begun accelerating the deployment of cybersecurity updates in response to how AI has itself accelerated the development of malicious hacking tools and the time hackers need to exploit security flaws.

Apple is habitually vague about what the security updates are meant to address, noting in Monday’s announcement that for "customers’ protection," it "doesn't disclose, discuss or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available." Some of the impact statements included in the announcement did, however, offer insight into the broad nature of the vulnerabilities addressed by the update. 

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