Justice Department is being urged to protect researchers testing AI platforms
NPRJustice Department is being urged to protect researchers testing AI platforms Cybersecurity experts want more federal protections for good faith security researchers, or "good "hackers, arguing the government shouldn't prosecute good faith efforts to find vulnerabilities. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Cybersecurity experts are urging the Department of Justice to protect researchers who test artificial intelligence platforms. Experts say it puts cybersecurity researchers at risk for breaking into systems to identify flaws to be fixed, but recently, the government has given explicit protections for good-guy hackers. COHEN: You know, when the government first launched the Hack the Pentagon program in 2016, the notion that good-faith security researchers would, you know, merit protection under the law was very far afield from anything that anyone could have conceived.