Anthropic launches a free AI scanner for open-source projects

Anthropic has launched Cyber Mission, a long-term program to protect critical infrastructure and open-source software from cyberattacks. Its Critical Infrastructure Defense Program (CIDP) gives operators of power grids, water systems, and transportation networks access to Claude models, engineers, and threat analysis. CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Deloitte, and Rockwell Automation are founding partners.

Separately, a free "OSS" AI scanner will regularly check open-source projects, automatically flag and explain vulnerabilities, and suggest patches. Nearly all modern software depends on open-source code, much of it maintained by small volunteer teams. Anthropic expects accuracy above 90 percent, but reports ship without human review and may contain errors. The company argues attackers already have powerful AI models, while defenders still lack comparable tools. Maintainers of projects critical to infrastructure or user safety can opt in via GitHub.

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