AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - CISA sidelined as White House scrambles on AI cyber threats
The U.S. government's lead civilian cyber agency is heading into the AI era with shrinking resources and a diminished role as Washington scrambles to assemble a multi-agency response to emerging AI cyber threats. Why it matters: Former officials and industry leaders fear the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency no longer has the capacity to help utilities, banks and other critical infrastructure operators prepare for a coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks. - The agency is at its weakest just when it's needed most, as the government braces for AI models like Anthropic's Mythos to supercharge cyberattacks. - Created in 2018 during Trump's first administration, CISA oversees efforts to protect federal systems and U.S. critical…