Exclusive: Anthropic's plan to protect critical infrastructure
Summary
Anthropic is starting a new cybersecurity program to help companies protect critical infrastructure like power grids and water supplies using advanced AI tools and expert engineers. The program will offer AI models and services to find and fix security weaknesses, aiming to stop faster and cheaper cyberattacks.Key Facts
- Anthropic's program is called the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program.
- It provides powerful AI models, engineers, and research to companies protecting critical infrastructure.
- Participating companies include Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, and others.
- The program helps identify and fix security vulnerabilities in infrastructure systems.
- Anthropic launched a free AI tool called OSS Scanner to find security issues in open-source software projects.
- OSS Scanner sends automated reports that may contain some errors since they don’t get human review before sharing.
- This initiative follows Anthropic’s earlier Project Glasswing, which showed AI can quickly find vulnerabilities but fixing them is still challenging.
- It is unclear how companies will test and apply fixes without disrupting essential services or who will pay for the AI computing costs.
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