University of Toronto SRI leadership and researchers co-sign open letter calling for urgent strengthening of AI cybersecurity defenses

Leadership and researchers of the University of Toronto's Schwartz Reisman Institute (SRI) co-signed an open letter, joining more than 400 scholars from over 30 countries in calling for immediate strengthening of AI cybersecurity defenses. The open letter proposes three recommendations: immediately strengthen isolation for AI models with cyber capabilities, with air-gapping adopted by default in appropriate scenarios; have AI and cybersecurity experts jointly build an international body to develop best practices for alignment and isolation; and mandate reporting of isolation failure incidents.