Sens. Hickenlooper and Tillis ask ONCD for details on efforts to secure critical infrastructure against AI threats

Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) are seeking information from the Office of the National Cyber Director on how the government is securing critical infrastructure against evolving artificial intelligence capabilities.

“Given the Office of the National Cyber Director’s unique perspective in implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy, we seek to understand how we can prevent emerging generative AI capabilities from being used to carry out sophisticated cybersecurity attacks,” the lawmakers said in a Thursday letter to a Acting...