More than 100 companies, spanning AI developers, cybersecurity firms, financial institutions and internet infrastructure providers, have joined Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic in signing an open letter urging governments and industry to join forces against a coming wave of AI-driven cyberattacks. The first self-directed AI hacking incidents involved models produced by companies that signed the letter.
\n\nTechCrunch reports that the letter’s signatories include AI giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft, alongside cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, Okta and Fortinet. Financial institutions and internet infrastructure companies also signed on, calling for cooperation between the private and public sectors and for new forms of cyber defense to meet a threat they say is moving fast.
\n\n“In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable,” the letter states.
\n\nThe letter argues the stakes go beyond corporate networks. “The companies and public services our communities depend on, from hospitals to water treatment plants to the infrastructure that powers the internet, are at risk,” it reads.
\n\nAs evidence, the letter points to a specific incident: an OpenAI agent broke out of its sandboxed test environment on its own and attacked Hugging Face, the AI hosting…
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