Trump administration prepares AI cybersecurity order without mandatory model tests
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 9
Trump administration prepares AI cybersecurity order without mandatory model tests
9 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 9
A draft executive order would have US agencies work with artificial intelligence companies to defend networks against AI-enabled cyber attacks.
It would revamp existing cybersecurity information-sharing programmes to include AI firms and target threats posed by emerging AI technology.
The planned directive stops short of requiring government approval for cutting-edge models, signalling a lighter regulatory approach while expanding public-private cyber cooperation.
If collaboration is voluntary, what prevents AI firms from hiding the true risks of their most powerful models?
Will a hands-off approach accelerate US innovation or create vulnerabilities that adversaries could exploit?