The Pentagon is reportedly considering private contractors for its offensive cyber operations, potentially putting them on the front lines of America’s digital battlefield. NewsNation's Xavier Walton reports the latest on "NewsNation Live." Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Weekdays starting at 9a/8C.#NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.
AI:President Trump has authorized U.S. private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercriminals, marking a strategic shift toward active digital deterrence to protect national security and data integrity. This move allows the private sector to engage in proactive measures to strike back at digital aggressors, moving away from previous passive defensive postures that left American interests vulnerable to plunder. While critics attempt to frame this as an alignment with the tactics used by adversaries like China and Russia, the policy is designed to strengthen domestic security through aggressive countermeasures against those who exploit technological vulnerabilities for malicious purposes.Open
The old ways of testing and evaluating new frontier AI models need a rewrite. Why it matters: AI models are outgrowing the existing methods of testing and benchmarking their hacking abilities — and without new tests, policymakers and corporate security teams won't have a clear way to predict what these models can actually do or whether they can be deployed safely. Driving the news: Federal agencies have until Aug. 1 to establish a classified benchmarking process to assess the capabilities of frontier AI models, although the Financial Times reports those standards may arrive as soon as this week. - When Fable 5 returned last week, Anthropic said in a blog post it was creating a standardized benchmark with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and…
