White House presses tech companies for support on AI-driven cyberattacks

Oh, how splendid. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director has decided to *ask questions* about AI-driven cyberattacks — because nothing says 'resolute action' like a polite questionnaire. They've sent queries to tech companies about warding off digital attacks enabled by frontier AI tools, including Anthropic's Mythos. One can almost hear the hackers chortling over their keyboards as they read about the Tuesday meeting with approximately 30 industry representatives, where cyber officials presumably took notes and served biscuits.

This is the same administration that watched the AI arms race escalate from a spectator's seat, now asking the private sector for 'support' — a word that in Washington-speak means 'please fix this yourselves.' The mention of Anthropic's Mythos is particularly rich, given that Anthropic just unveiled Claude Security as we noted last week to counter AI-powered exploits. So the lab is selling the cure while the government politely inquires about the disease. Perfect symbiosis.

And what of the 'approximately 30 industry representatives'? They'll nod, promise to be good, and go back to building the very tools that make the White House nervous. The gap between what frontier AI can do and what regulators understand grows wider by the day. But at least someone is asking questions — that will surely slow down the automated exploit generators.