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House Homeland Security hearing: witnesses urge federal baseline and enforceable AI guardrails to protect cybersecurity
Summary
Witnesses at the House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing urged Congress to establish enforceable federal baseline standards for AI security, warning that adversaries already weaponize AI and that fragmented state rules risk leaving gaps in national cyber defenses.
Witnesses testifying before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity Infrastructure Protection on Oct. 11 urged Congress to establish a federal baseline for securing artificial intelligence systems and called for enforceable guardrails to keep pace with rapidly evolving threats.
The hearing examined how AI systems can be secured, the risk posed by adversaries who use AI tools and how AI can strengthen cyber defense. Chairman Garbarino opened the hearing and said members would examine “the nexus between artificial intelligence or AI and cybersecurity.”
The core argument from several witnesses was that AI security cannot be left to a patchwork of state rules. Kiran Chinnagongon Nagari, cofounder and chief product and technology officer at Securin, told the subcommittee: “Securing AI models is not just about protecting algorithms.” He…
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