SY0-801 launches November 17, 2026, and AI is now on the test. CompTIA's published objectives add one dedicated AI objective (2.6) with 13 listed topics, plus AI line items inside three other objectives: LLMs as an attack surface (2.4), deepfakes (2.5), and AI capabilities in automation (4.6). Budget roughly a week of focused study for it. Not a month.
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