AI security questions loom over NATO summit

President Donald Trump enters the annual NATO leaders’ summit in Ankara next week with powerful leverage over the military alliance: The U.S. has the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence technology and can decide which of its allies gets access.

Tech companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI have recently announced a new wave of sophisticated AI models capable of finding and exploiting security flaws better than most human minds. These tools can be used to fortify cyber defense systems — or to help adversaries launch cyberattacks at an unprecedented scale.

“AI is fundamentally changing the threat landscape, and NATO needs to adapt accordingly,” said Helen Popp, Estonian ambassador-at-large for cyber policy. “Every capability AI provides to our adversaries is also available to us — the key question is whether we are prepared to move first and make effective use of it.”

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