A new generation of artificial intelligence — capable of uncovering software vulnerabilities faster and more thoroughly than any human specialist — has arrived, and with it, a narrow window in which the United States holds a fragile advantage over adversaries who are racing to acquire the same power. The disclosure that Anthropic's Claude Mythos exposed a 27-year-old flaw in hardened systems is less a triumph than a warning: the economics of cyberattack have fundamentally shifted, and the critical infrastructure that sustains daily life — power, water, transit — now stands exposed in ways that
Race Against Time: U.S. Must Fortify Infrastructure Before China Weaponizes AI Cyber Tools
Potential large-scale disruption to critical infrastructure could cause loss of power to cities, water contamination, and transit system failures affecting millions of civilians.