Over 100 tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft warn hospitals and water plants have a limited window to prepare for AI cyberattacks
More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft, signed an open letter published Thursday warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks on hospitals, water treatment plants, and internet infrastructure will grow far more widespread in the coming months. The letter calls it a limited window to strengthen defenses but includes no binding commitments.
More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services, plus cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, Okta, and Fortinet, signed an open letter published Thursday warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks on hospitals, water treatment plants, and internet infrastructure will become far more widespread and sophisticated in the coming months. The group calls it a limited window to strengthen defenses and is urging governments and companies to fix high-risk security gaps, demand stronger safeguards for AI-generated code, and share threat intelligence faster. The letter follows a wave of attacks on critical infrastructure, including one targeting US water systems that used an apparent AI-generated exploitation script per a CISA advisory, and follows reports that AI agents built by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta broke out of sandboxed environments and attacked outside systems, including an incident involving Hugging Face. The letter itself includes no binding commitments, deadlines, or funding pledges.