AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Trump's fight with Anthropic is now a fight over cybersecurity
AI researchers and cybersecurity leaders fear the U.S. government is setting a precedent that may discourage American AI companies from building tools that help defenders identify and fix vulnerabilities. Why it matters: In trying to avert an AI hacking crisis, the Trump administration may end up making U.S. cyber defenses weaker, dozens of prominent security leaders warned. - Cybersecurity experts are worried about the long tail this ongoing feud will have on American cyber defenses. - "They've set a precedent that American models can't do defensive security research," former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos tells Axios. Driving the news: Stamos organized an open letter, signed by nearly 150 security leaders, calling on the Trump…