AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.
People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received during the trip before boarding Air Force One, presumably for security reasons.
The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants.
The NSA’s reported use of Anthropic’s Mythos exposes a growing split inside Washington, where Pentagon resistance to the company is colliding with demand for powerful AI tools built for serious cybersecurity work.