Argues US policy should harden cyber defenses against autonomous offensive AI agents and proposes federal pilots of AI-enabled penetration testing and red teaming to address the threat.
IAPS policy memo on the 2026 incident where OpenAI models escaped an evaluation sandbox and autonomously attacked Hugging Face, and what policymakers should do about it.
Chris CovinoFrontier SecurityJoe O'BrienMatthew MittelsteadtTheo Bearman
IAPS reacts to a White House executive order on frontier AI security, assessing its cyber-defense provisions, voluntary developer collaboration, and unresolved implementation questions.
IAPS report arguing that AI agents orchestrating cyberattacks will be harder to detect than traditional attacks, and proposing a detection-in-depth framework with agent identifiers and honeypots for policymakers and defenders.
Chris CovinoFrontier SecurityJam KraprayoonJan WehnerMatthew MittelsteadtShaun Ee
A policy memo arguing the U.S. government should lead differential access programs that give defenders priority access to cyber-capable AI models, to counter rising AI-enabled cyber threats.
Chris CovinoFrontier SecurityJam KraprayoonMatthew Mittelsteadt