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Boston, MA – August 29: Senator Ed Markey addresses his supporters during a ‘Power to the People’ rally at the IBEW Local 103 facility on August 29, 2026. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks 

A new Democratic bill in Congress would establish a federal Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations to provide independent government oversight of cyberattacks carried out by AI…
US President Donald Trump (C) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU’s foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Citing China, President Trump doubles down on hands-off approach to AI regulation

Following a series of chaotic agentic hacks, Trump and administration officials have consistently expressed fears of Chinese AI dominance in pushing for fewer regulations.
In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals  raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)

The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

While large language models present real risks to society, experts say they can be tested and largely controlled using well-worn cybersecurity and policy choices.
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Two more organizations reported AI models taking “unsanctioned” actions, including exploiting real assets on the internet. (Source: Getty Images)

AISI, OpenAI report more ‘unsanctioned’ model hacks

Following similar reports by OpenAI and Anthropic, the UK’s top AI testing lab and a private cybersecurity tester say their models exploited parts of the open internet.
US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. The Trump administration has been moving to regulate AI models for cybersecurity use. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?

The messy approach to U.S. AI regulation reflects both the rapid speed of model cyber capabilities and the White House’s “education” over the past two years, experts…
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