IBM recently released its Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, which highlights the changing cyber threat landscape in which artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating how threat actors identify vulnerabilities, launch attacks, and exploit compromised systems. These trends are reflected in rising average breach costs, with the global average cost rising 12% to a record […]
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The White House’s Gold Eagle Initiative Signals a New Phase in AI Enabled Cyber Defense
The White House has launched “Gold Eagle,” a new cybersecurity vulnerability coordination clearinghouse designed to use advanced AI capabilities to accelerate how the government and industry identify, prioritize, verify, and remediate software vulnerabilities. The initiative was established under the June 2, 2026 Executive Order, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,” and is being framed […]
Five Eyes Issues Urgent Call to Action on AI-Driven Cyber Threats
On June 22, 2026, the intelligence alliance known as Five Eyes released a statement warning that frontier AI models will fundamentally transform offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, and that the timeline for this transformation is measured in months, not years. Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and […]
New Executive Order Promotes AI Innovation While Strengthening Cybersecurity Defenses
On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (the “Order”). The Order reflects the Administration’s stated policy of advancing U.S. AI leadership through collaboration with the private sector, while taking steps to harden government and critical infrastructure systems against emerging cyber threats. Importantly, the Order […]
Produce the Prompts: A Court Says Expert AI Inputs Are Fair Game in Discovery
A federal court just delivered one of the clearest messages yet on AI in litigation: if an expert used AI to do the work, the prompts may be discoverable. In Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company et al., Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish ordered the Plaintiff to produce the prompts its expert used […]