When Autonomous Agents Escape: Why Socket Signed the Cyber Defense Open Letter

OpenAI is mobilizing a collective response to the rapidly increasing capabilities of AI models and the rising threat of autonomous, machine-speed cyberattacks. In an effort to rally global defenses, a coalition of more than 100 technology, cybersecurity, and financial organizations, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, AWS, Cloudflare, and CrowdStrike, has signed an open letter calling for a surge in defenses. Socket signed because software supply chain security requires industry-wide vigilance.