DOT, USDA See Opportunity in New AI Cyber Reality

Federal technology officials said on Aug. 25 that increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) models are giving agencies new opportunities to strengthen cyber defenses and advance mission work as the technology reshapes the cybersecurity landscape. Speaking at a CGI cybersecurity breakfast, Anil “Neil” Chaudhry, senior advisor for AI at the Department of Transportation (DOT), and Tony Brannum, chief information security officer at the Agriculture Department (USDA), pointed to Anthropic’s M