Trump Task Force Weighs Standards for Reporting AI Cyberattacks

President Donald Trump’s AI task force met to consider how to get critical infrastructure providers— including banks, energy companies and emergency services—to report AI-driven cyberattacks and vulnerabilities. The discussion comes amid concern that AI agents can conduct hacks without human authorization, following reported testing-environment breakouts involving OpenAI and other AI systems. Task force vice chair Emil Michael said the group is making progress on national standards for AI developers to report safety incidents and share cybersecurity information. Members also discussed ways to protect infrastructure providers from legal consequences when they disclose threats. The effort is unfolding as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which provides liability protections for sharing cyber threat information, is set to expire next month.