Companies including Anthropic and OpenAI have released powerful AI systems capable of identifying software and infrastructure vulnerabilities at scale. U.S. officials worry that bad actors could use them to exploit weaknesses in the software systems underpinning critical services - including those of financial institutions, hospitals and energy networks - relied upon by Americans.

WASHINGTON, July 14 : The U.S. will set up a group to coordinate information about cybersecurity vulnerabilities raised by AI systems, according to a White House statement,…

The initiative stems from a June 2 executive order that urged advanced AI developers to grant the government early access to their capabilities to address potential…