Exclusive: Anthropic's plan to protect critical infrastructure
Anthropic is moving beyond just giving defenders access to its models
TL;DR
- Anthropic's Critical Infrastructure Defense Program will offer its most powerful AI models and engineers to companies securing critical infrastructure.
- The program aims to help these companies identify and fix vulnerabilities in aging, complex systems.
- Founding partners include major cybersecurity and consulting firms like Accenture, Deloitte, and Palo Alto Networks.
- Anthropic is also launching OSS Scanner, a free AI service to scan open-source software for vulnerabilities.
- OSS Scanner will provide automated reports with vulnerability details and suggested fixes, though human review is not included.
- The initiative builds on lessons from Anthropic's Project Glasswing, which provided vetted organizations access to its AI models for security vulnerability identification.