About this episode
The episode discusses Anthropic's new model that identifies long-standing vulnerabilities in code and its implications for cybersecurity and national power.
Anthropic’s new model found decades-old vulnerabilities in foundational open-source code that millions of automated tests and countless human experts had missed, presaging a potentially revolutionary moment in cyber. Ben Buchanan, former senior advisor for AI at the White House and author of The Hacker and the State, and Michael Sulmeyer, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, join the show to break it all down. Full disclosure: Ben advises Anthropic. We discuss… How Mythos found 27-year-old bugs in code everyone thought was secure The offense-defense balance: whether a Ukraine with Mythos and a Russia without it changes the war Project Glasswing and Anthropic’s attempt to build a private-sector vulnerabilities equities process Why critical infrastructure patching is about to become a nightmare What happens when ransomware gets vibe-coded Why bio won’t be far behind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jordan Schneider
Guests: Ben Buchanan, Michael Sulmeyer
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- AI
- vulnerabilities
- national power
- defense policy
- infrastructure
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- AI vulnerabilities
- national power
- infrastructure
- ransomware
- Project Glasswing
- defense policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, White House, Department of Defense, Project Glasswing
Books & works: The Hacker and the State
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