Cybersecurity Policy Report, House Subcommittee to Examine AI’s Impact on Cyber Offense, Defense, (May 29, 2026)
Organizations Mentioned:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The growing impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on cyber offense and defense will be examined at a House subcommittee hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
At the hearing, the House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity and infrastructure protection subcommittee will consider “the growing role of frontier AI models, agentic AI systems, and AI-powered coding tools in both strengthening U.S. cyber defenses and enabling increasingly sophisticated cyber threats,” Rep. Andy Ogles (R., Tenn.), the subcommittee’s chairman, said in a news release.
“Members will also consider policy solutions to secure critical infrastructure, strengthen America’s domestic technology base, and ensure the United States maintains its leadership in emerging technologies,” Rep. Ogles said.
The full committee has consulted leading AI and cybersecurity stakeholders “to better understand how advanced AI capabilities are changing the national security and cyber threat landscape,” he noted.
“The Committee also recently received a briefing on the new Claude Mythos Preview model and has continued to examine how frontier models may accelerate vulnerability discovery, enable more capable cyber actors, and affect the security of critical infrastructure sectors,” Rep. Ogles reported.
The Claude Mythos AI model proved to be so adept at finding vulnerabilities in widely used software and operating systems that its developer, Anthropic, decided against publicly releasing the model, instead allowing trusted organizations to use the model to improve cyber defenses (CPR, April 8).
“Adversaries are already working to steal American AI capabilities, weaponize AI-enabled tools, infiltrate critical systems, and undermine our national security,” Rep. Ogles said. “AI is the America First mission of the future, and it is becoming our number one offensive and defensive weapon against cyber terrorists. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on how we can stay ahead of AI-enabled cyber threats, protect the services Americans rely on, and win this AI arms race.”
The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Room 310 of the Cannon House Office Building.
Witnesses include Sandra Joyce, vice president of Google Threat Intelligence; Chris Meserole, executive director of the Frontier Model Forum; Jack Cable, chief executive officer of Corridor Security, Inc.; and Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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