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Anthropic offers models and engineers to critical infrastructure defenders

On October 8, Anthropic launched its Critical Infrastructure Defense Program. The program gives security providers and equipment companies Claude models, engineers, and threat research for operational technology. Anthropic also launched free, recurring scans for participating open-source projects.

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This is a company program, not proof that utilities are safer. Anthropic acknowledges that industrial systems can be difficult to patch without disrupting operations. The new provider program adds engineering support to the access rules Anthropic announced earlier this week.

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