Cathie Wood Backs Call for Frontier AI Access to Strengthen Bitcoin Security

TLDR

• Cathie Wood backed calls for qualified Bitcoin security researchers to access frontier AI models.
• Bitcoin Policy Institute wants trusted AI access programs for open-source financial infrastructure defenders.
• The proposal seeks controlled access to advanced cyber-capable AI models for qualified researchers.
• Coalition wants secure AI environments for reviewing private, unreleased and open-source code.
• Proposal covers Bitcoin wallets, custody systems, exchanges, payment networks and cryptographic libraries.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood has backed an open letter from the Bitcoin Policy Institute calling on leading artificial intelligence developers to give qualified open-source security researchers access to advanced AI models. The proposal focuses on protecting Bitcoin and other digital asset infrastructure as AI becomes more widely used in cybersecurity.

Wood said attackers are already using AI and argued that security teams need access to comparable technology. “AI could become the most powerful defensive technology in history,” she said. Wood described Bitcoin as critical public financial infrastructure and said those responsible for securing it should have trusted access to advanced AI systems.

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