CyberScoop spoke with members of Congress, former federal law enforcement officials, cybersecurity attorneys and other experts about which laws, regulations or policies might apply to agentic hacks carried out by models at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Google and other companies. (Image via Getty)
Experts and policymakers want AI companies to face consequences for agentic hacks. There may not be a clear-cut answer under existing laws and regulations.
One justice said the attempt to change the rules ahead of the 2026 elections would be "arbitrary and capricious” and violated the Administrative Procedures Act.
The Federal Ballot Mail Portal is described by a federal official as one of several IT systems that will be used to potentially deny thousands of mail-in…
An inflatable effigy of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, protesting Musk’s Grok AI, stands in Times Square in New York City on June 11, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained…
A voter casts a ballot in a drop box outside the Union Market Super Vote Center during early voting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Last year, Florida State University student Pheonix Ikner shot seven people on campus. Two died, including Tiru Chabba, a food service contractor for the university. Chabba’s family filed a lawsuit against the OpenAI Foundation, alleging negligence. (Image Source: Getty Images)
Records of the shooter’s ChatGPT logs show he used the AI chatbot to validate or justify thoughts of violence and taught him to operate weapons used in…
The woman’s lawyer told CyberScoop they believe the company edited her video to suggest she was a “friend with benefits” and intentionally geofenced it to men around…
HONG KONG, CHINA – 2025/03/01: In this photo illustration, A new web browser ‘Comet’ by perplexity is seen on a computer. Perplexity have announced on Monday, Feb 24th, 2025, their plans to release ‘Comet’, a new web browser that aims to revolutionise browsing. (Photo Illustration by May James/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Ballots are tabulated on election night at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)
A former federal election official says the FBI's affidavit justifying last month's Fulton County raid misrepresented basic election facts, despite the agency's claims having already been investigated…