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Treasury Department Creates Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Initiative to Protect Critical Infrastructure

Federal regulators and private-sector partners are establishing a new framework to help operators of critical infrastructure address software vulnerabilities and counter increasingly sophisticated AI-driven cyber threats.

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