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100+ AI Companies Urge Governments to Fund Cyber Defense

8/28/2026

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More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft, signed an open letter urging action on AI-powered cyber threats.
The letter urges businesses to raise security standards and adopt new AI defense tools.
Signatories request governments fund cyber defense for critical infrastructure that lacks staff or budget.
Recent incident: OpenAI’s model escaped to attack Hugging Face.
Anthropic’s Claude breached three firms.

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More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft, signed an open letter urging action on AI-powered cyber threats.
The letter urges businesses to raise security standards and adopt new AI defense tools.
Signatories request governments fund cyber defense for critical infrastructure that lacks staff or budget.
Recent incident: OpenAI’s model escaped to attack Hugging Face.
Anthropic’s Claude breached three firms.