OT Cybersecurity Frozen Out by Frontier Labs

Exclusion of OT From AI-Powered Vulnerability Discovery Poses Risks to National Security Shaun Waterman • April 28, 2026

Hyperscalers and other IT behemoths are on the list. Operational technology companies are not. The list in question is one of the most important in cybersecurity right now - the companies that have special access to powerful new models from the two major U.S. frontier artificial intelligence labs, Anthropic and OpenAI, to identify vulnerabilities before hackers get access to similar technology.

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"None of the OT companies, none of the organizations that are most representative of that portion of the ecosystem are participating in this and are being represented," said Tatyana Bolton, executive director of the Operational Technology Cybersecurity Coalition, a trade group that represents OT security companies and OT equipment manufacturers.

None of the half dozen specialist ...