Sam Sabin

Anthropic and OpenAI's cyber-capable AI models may still require significant human expertise to operate effectively, according to new findings from users testing the systems in real-world environme...

As the U.S. and China barrel ahead in their quest for AI supremacy, their race could come at the expense of global cybersecurity.Why it matters: The U.S. and China both have an interest in preventi...

OpenAI is rolling out a more permissible version of GPT-5.5 — aka "Spud" — to vetted cyber defenders, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: Recent security testing suggests that GPT-5.5 model ...

The Trump administration is considering a new plan that would require the Pentagon to safety test AI models that are deployed to federal, state and local governments, Axios has learned. Why it mat...

OpenAI and Anthropic briefed House Homeland Security Committee staff on their new cyber-capable AI models and their implications for cybersecurity, Axios has learned. Why it matters: This is one of...

U.S. Cyber Command intends to test and deploy the strongest possible AI models, regardless of politics and even country of origin, the command's chief AI officer told Axios.Why it matters: Anthropi...

The Trump administration on Thursday accused China-backed actors of running "deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns" to distill and copy American frontier AI models.Why it matters: The accusation p...

OpenAI has been briefing federal agencies, state governments and Five Eyes allies on the capabilities of its new cyber product over the past week, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Companies and ag...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn't have access to Anthropic's powerful new Mythos Preview model, even though some other government agencies are using it, two sources tell ...

A company co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman and known for its iris-scanning orbs announced new and expanded integrations on Friday with companies including Zoom, DocuSign, Tinder, Okta, Shopify and...

OpenAI laid out a new plan on Tuesday to expand access to AI models with advanced cyber capabilities while implementing controls on who can use them.Why it matters: The roadmap coincides with the r...

OpenAI is finalizing a model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that it plans to release only to a small set of companies, similar to Anthropic's limited roll out of Mythos, a source familiar...

Anthropic is rolling out a preview of its new Mythos model only to a handpicked group of tech and cybersecurity companies over concerns about its ability to find and exploit security flaws, the com...

Suspected North Korean hackers are believed to be behind an ongoing compromise of the widely used open-source package Axios, which is downloaded millions of times per week, researchers at Google sa...

Iranian hackers are now taking their psychological warfare tactics directly to government officials and employees at major companies.Why it matters: Even unproven threats from Iranian hackers can c...

A hacktivist group that the U.S. has linked to back to Iranian intelligence services claims it has stolen "personal and confidential information" from FBI Director Kash Patel, including emails, doc...

Cybercriminal groups are now using spyware tools once utilized mainly by spies and law enforcement to hack into iPhones, new research shows.Why it matters: Anyone with an iPhone can now be the targ...

Security researchers used relatively simple jailbreaking techniques to trick the AI system powering Utah's new prescription refill bot.Researchers were able to make the bot spread vaccine conspirac...