Exclusive: bipartisan bill would develop federal guidance for distillation attacks, convene industry on defensive cyber

A bipartisan bill would develop federal guidance for AI distillation attacks and convene industry on defensive cyber, CyberScoop reports. The bill’s sponsors push NIST to counter foreign distillation attacks, targeting campaigns by adversaries such as China to siphon US frontier models, and one sponsor told CyberScoop it is incredibly expensive for US AI companies to stay ahead while distillation attacks incentivize stealing over innovation.