US races to secure frontier AI before China closes the gap
The U.S. is racing to harden guardrails and defensive tools around frontier AI models like Mythos and GPT-5.5-Cyber before China gains access to comparable capabilities, prompting executive orders, proposed legislation, and wider industry testing as experts warn that rapid advances and distillation attacks could rewrite cybersecurity—so the goal is to balance innovation with safety within a six-to-twelve-month window.
