Sam Sabin

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Companies are racing to secure AI systems, but many are still hiring cybersecurity workers using job descriptions, career ladders and training programs built before the AI boom.

New AI models are pouring gasoline on bug discovery, forcing technology and security vendors to rethink how they responsibly disclose the bugs that researchers find.

Advanced models are just as effective at rapidly weaponizing flaws that defenders already know about.

WhatsApp says it disrupted an NSO-linked phishing campaign targeting fewer than 10 people.

Fable 5 includes safeguards to help protect against hacking and bio-terrorism.

OpenAI's trusted-access program and a pending program from Anthropic are creating a new power center in cybersecurity where AI companies help decide which defenders can use the most advanced cyber capabilities.

The campaigns show how pro-China actors are testing AI tools.

Former Facebook cyber head defend Anthropic in an open letter.

The Trump administration may end up making U.S. cyber defenses weaker, dozens of prominent security leaders warned.

Why it matters : Even as Anthropic remains in limbo with the U.S. government, the race to get advanced AI models into the hands of cyber defenders continues to heat up.