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Anthropic is deploying frontier models and on-site engineers to secure operational technology, addressing the unique challenge of patching legacy industrial systems without downtime. This initiative highlights a critical shift where AI acts as both a defensive tool for vulnerability scanning and a potential vector for autonomous attacks in power grids and water systems. The move underscores the growing intersection between advanced LLM capabilities and cybersecurity resilience in physical infrastructure.
Anthropic launches critical infrastructure program and free OSS Scanner for open source
Anthropic PBC today launched a program that brings its frontier models and onsite engineers to the security companies protecting power grids, water systems and other critical infrastructure. OSS Scanner, launched with it, offers open-source projects free periodic vulnerability scans from the company’s strongest models. Both fall under a new effort Anthropic calls the Anthropic Cyber […] The post Anthropic launches critical infrastructure program and free OSS Scanner for open source appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Anthropic PBC today launched a program that brings its frontier models and onsite engineers to the security companies protecting power grids, water systems and other critical infrastructure. OSS Scanner, launched with it, offers open-source projects free periodic vulnerability scans from the company’s strongest models. Both fall under a new effort Anthropic calls the Anthropic Cyber Mission. The Critical Infrastructure Defense Program starts with the outside providers that operators of every size already rely on for advice on which fixes are safe to apply to a running system. Eleven of those providers signed on as founding partners. Accenture…
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