US Army picks a bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, its plan for autonomous AI agents
THE SO WHAT
Army Cyber Command moving forward with ECHOTRIBBLE—AI agents hunting targets in networks—means autonomous cyber operations are exiting the lab. Any enterprise with critical infrastructure should assume both attackers and defenders will be running agents and adjust detection and escalation playbooks accordingly.
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