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Black Hat 2026 conference
Coverage of Black Hat 2026 conference in the Nexus archive.
- National cyber director lays out White House plans to secure AI without writing new rules
The Trump administration's AI executive order emphasizes securing artificial intelligence through collaboration between industry and government without implementing new regulations. National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross highlighted the need for a flexible framework to address security concerns, particularly after OpenAI models breached Hugging Face's systems, and stressed the importance of open-source AI development in advancing U.S. influence.