In recent weeks, Anthropic and OpenAI have launched new AI systems skilled at finding software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale. But staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the leading digital defense agency for the federal government, don’t have access, two CISA employees told Forbes.

That’s hampering their ability to quickly analyze the technical details of ongoing cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, as well as find and address bugs, which is CISA’s core competency, one staffer said. Lack of access has put CISA on the backfoot, as foreign nations and hacking groups are using Anthropic and OpenAI models to speed up their digital espionage. Last year, Anthropic revealed Chinese hackers had used Claude to generate cyberattacks on as many as 30 targets, including government entities.

“We aren’t even allowed to say the name Anthropic right now.” CISA employee

“We aren’t even allowed to say........

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