Anthropic Called to Testify in House on China-Backed Cyberattack

A US House committee is calling on Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei to testify about a Chinese cyber-espionage attack the company revealed earlier this month.

Leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee asked Amodei to appear before the panel on Dec. 17 to discuss the rise of AI-orchestrated cyberattacks. The committee also requested testimony from Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Quantum Xchange CEO Eddy Zervigon.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

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Anthropic didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. In a blog post on Nov. 13, the company said it disrupted a sophisticated AI-led espionage campaign from China that used the ...