CISA, DARPA officials see cyber advantages among the risks posed by artificial intelligence

LAS VEGAS. Senior officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Pentagon’s advanced research agency discussed the beneficial roles artificial intelligence can play for securing data and systems, as well as concerns over a “rush to market” with AI products that haven’t been fully vetted for security weaknesses, in presentations at the AI Summit at Black Hat.

The Tuesday AI summit featured discussions with Lisa Einstein, the new chief AI officer at CISA, and Kathleen Fisher, director of...