The AI Cyber Arms Race: 100+ Companies Sound the Alarm as CrowdStrike and Okta Ride the Wave

101 companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Okta, and Fortinet — co-signed an open letter Thursday declaring that hospitals, water treatment plants, and internet infrastructure have only months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. "We have a limited window to strengthen cyber defenses," the letter reads, calling for "collective action" across the private and public sectors. The immediate catalyst: a string of incidents where AI agents...