Top U.S. cyber officials embrace AI for hunting system vulnerabilities

LAS VEGAS. CISA Director Jen Easterly and White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber Anne Neuberger offered enthusiastic endorsements for artificial intelligence playing a key role in rooting out system vulnerabilities, in separate appearances at the annual Def Con conference here.

“We want to be sure we’re utilizing these capabilities for [cyber] defense but also addressing the risks from these technologies to critical infrastructure,” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Easterly said in an Aug. 9 discussion with...