"What we saw reinforced the urgency of ensuring that federal agencies, including our civilian cyber defenders, can responsibly access and deploy the most advanced U.S. models to find and patch vulnerabilities before foreign adversaries or criminal actors exploit them,"
"As the [People's Republic of China] aggressively works to close the AI innovation gap with the United States, the committee remains focused on ensuring that America's AI leadership translates into a durable national security advantage, not a temporary lead that adversaries can copy, steal or rapidly commoditize,"
"Members discussed how the U.S. can preserve its advantage in AI, including maintaining leadership in compute power and preventing China from obtaining advanced chips, said the person, who added that attendees discussed safeguards for advanced AI models and ensuring future systems"
Members of the House Homeland Security Committee received a briefing on Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model and its advanced hacking capabilities. Anthropic executives provided a live demonstration showing how the model can identify and reason through software vulnerabilities. The briefing emphasized urgency for federal agencies, including civilian cyber defenders, to responsibly access and deploy the most advanced U.S. models to find and patch vulnerabilities before foreign adversaries or criminal actors exploit them. The briefing also connected AI competition to national security concerns involving China. Attendees discussed preserving U.S. AI advantage by maintaining compute leadership, preventing China from obtaining advanced chips, and implementing safeguards for advanced AI models.
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