Defending Cyberspace: Cybersecurity and Frontier AI
The intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has rapidly ascended to the top of the Washington policy agenda. Following the administration’s June 2, 2026, Executive Order on AI cybersecurity, the Congressional Internet Caucus recently convened a panel of industry experts,…
Anthropic Tries to Revive the “AI Pause”
Back in 2023, the Future of Life Institute issued a open letter calling to “pause giant AI experiments” before runaway AI destroyed humanity. Three years later, machine learning applications have expanded in use and capability, yet humans are still…
AI, Project Glasswing, and the Changing Institutional Economics of Bugs
On April 7, Anthropic published a 244-page system card for a model that will not be made generally available for now. Claude Mythos Preview, the company’s newest frontier model, is “capable of identifying and then exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in every…
Fake Cybersecurity: The FCC Router Ban
On March 23, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Memorandum and Order banning the import of “covered” consumer-grade networking hardware. The decision demonstrates once again how the Trump administration’s economic nationalism and its use of “national security” claims…
What Everyone Is Missing About Anthropic and the Pentagon
On February 27th, President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s technology after the company refused the Pentagon’s demand to allow lawful use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Much of the…
Beyond Borders: How Threat Intelligence Provenance Can Save Global Cybersecurity From Geopolitical Fragmentation
In mid-January 2026, the Chinese government allegedly announced a sweeping ban on cybersecurity software from more than a dozen U.S. and Israeli firms, including industry giants like Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and Check Point. The stated reason: concerns that foreign…
Did an AI application really “bully” a human?
There is a battle over the reputation of advanced AI applications going on in the news. Two worldviews conflict: Are we unleashing dangerous forces that threaten humanity? Or are we just making computers and software do a lot of new…
Don’t Renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) was enacted during a period of heightened anxiety over massive state-sponsored breaches and the burgeoning threat of global ransomware. Its architects envisioned a nationwide “digital neighborhood watch,” where private companies and…
From Substitution to Augmentation: Rethinking AI in Warfare
Roughly two thousand years ago, the full combat load of a Roman legionary weighed approximately 100 pounds (45 kg). Remarkably, modern militaries exhibit a similar pattern. U.S. Army soldiers still carry around 45 kg in full combat gear, while South…
“Indigenous” Web Browsers in India: Who Benefits?
Across all three terms, the Modi government has tried to position India as a global technology hub. The state’s strategy involves pursuing self-reliance or “Atma Nirbharta.” The self-reliance strategy is being taken forward through a two-pronged approach — reducing the…