AI systems are learning to exploit loopholes in everything from software to tax law. The biggest threat may not be malicious intent, but machines doing exactly what…
A poster at the Pentagon, Dec. 12, 2025, lets employees know that a new artificial intelligence tool is available to use at the War Department, and that employees are highly encouraged to use it. (Credit: C. Todd Lopez, DOW)
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which the Daybreak visual is projected, in Creteil, France, on May 12, 2026. Daybreak is an AI-powered cybersecurity service designed to detect, analyze, and remediate software vulnerabilities more quickly. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A statue of an eagle and large lettering marks the main entrance to the General Services Administration building on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
In a public filing, Anthropic acknowledged serious risks its models, including Claude, pose to itself, its users and the world. Hacks by bad actors using Claude or AI agents could cause financial, legal or physical damage, spark lawsuits and affect Anthropic’s ability to insure against future losses. (Getty Images)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine prepares for a training mission in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sep. 28, 2026. During his visit, Caine, a 16th Weapons Squadron graduate, recognized the squadron’s influence in building combat readiness and training elite tactical instructors to lead joint air operations against peer adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Heather Amador Paulino)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions executives of the nation’s largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing Sept. 22, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Joe Gebbia, chief design officer at the National Design Studio, speaks during an event to unveil the new America.gov website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak at Anduril Industries in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 10: Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)