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How Cyber Command is building its AI cyber war playbook

Axios · · 718 words · By Sam Sabin

U.S. Cyber Command is developing an agile infrastructure to deploy various AI models for offensive and defensive operations, regardless of the vendor or country of origin. Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny emphasizes the need for flexibility and the application of existing military laws to manage the risks associated with AI deployment.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“U.S. Cyber Command intends to test and deploy the strongest possible AI models, regardless of politics and even country of origin”
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Only one web search result explicitly states this intention. Other results are general Wikipedia entries about Cyber Command or AI warfare and do not corroborate this specific policy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI warfare refers to the use of artificial intelligence technologies to automate military operation and enhance or bypass human decision-making in armed conflicts. AI is used to rapidly analyze large …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_warfare
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. Anthropic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by American software company Anthropic which were first released in 2023. The Claude line of models is used for chatbots, analyzing data, and for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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“Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny, chief AI officer at Cyber Command”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny has been named the Chief AI Officer at U.S. Cyber Command.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reid Novotny has been named chief artificial intelligence officer at the U.S. Cyber Command.Who Is Reid Novotny? Novotny also serves as DOD Cyber Force generation lead. He was most recently a senior m…
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/reid-novotny-chief-ai-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny announced on LinkedIn Monday that he has been appointed chief artificial intelligence officer at the U.S. Cyber Command.
https://cdotimes.com/2025/11/20/reid-novotny-named-chief-ai-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brigadier General Reid Novotny is the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Cyber Force Generation Lead for USCYBERCOM.He was my group commander not too long ago and I can attest for his visionary…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leerob_us-cyber-command-just-…
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“The White House is still negotiating access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview”
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Multiple sources report that the White House is in discussions or preparing to deploy Anthropic's 'Mythos Preview' model within the federal government.
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House and Anthropic are in active discussions about deploying the AI firm's powerful new model, Mythos Preview, within the federal government despite ongoing efforts to blacklist the company…
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/16/white-house-anthropic-ai-my…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic announced Mythos Preview at the beginning of April 2026. They described it as a general-purpose language model that is and this is a direct quote “strikingly capable at computer security tas…
https://kingy.ai/news/anthropic-mythos-ai-nsa-pentagon-confl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite the ban it imposed, the White House is willing to go back on its word and fully deploy Mythos. The US government is preparing to open a "modified version" of Anthropic's new model, Mythos, to …
https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3774732904792841
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“only a patchwork of agencies — including the National Security Agency and the Department of Commerce's AI testing institute, but not CISA — have access to the model [Mythos Preview]”
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The web search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (National Car Rental, National Geographic, National Today) and do not mention Mythos Preview or agency access.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1500+ Worldwide National Car Rental Locations National Car Rental has worldwide locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Australia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — About National Today We keep track of fun holidays and special moments on the cultural calendar — giving you exciting activities, deals, local events, brand promotions, and other exciting ways to cele…
https://nationaltoday.com/
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“OpenAI is... engaging with federal, state and international government offices to deploy its competing product, GPT-5.4-Cyber”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia and home page descriptions of OpenAI and ChatGPT; there is no mention of a product called 'GPT-5.4-Cyber' or its deployment to government offices.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI Group PBC, doing business as OpenAI, is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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web search NEUTRAL — We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.
https://openai.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Log in or sign up to ChatGPT
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“2026 marks the first year Cyber Command has dedicated funding for AI programs”
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The evidence provided contains general information about Cyber Command and a student team award in 2026, but does not mention dedicated funding for AI programs starting in 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — United States Cyber Command is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense.Brigadier General (BG) Matthew J. Lennox has served as CNMF Commander since 13 Ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning.AI and AI Fund, speaks at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent about what's next for AI agentic workflows and their potential to si...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sal78ACtGTc
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web search NEUTRAL — Research team wins Commander's Cup for best overall research project.Posted: April 30, 2026. 6 people standing smiling holding certificates for an award win. The team at Fort George G. Meade after win…
https://cdme.osu.edu/news/2026/04/cdme-student-team-takes-ho…
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“Novotny — the first AI officer at Cyber Command”
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Multiple sources confirm Reid Novotny's appointment as the Chief AI Officer, and one specifically refers to him as the 'first' in this role.
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Cyber Command has named Reid Novotny as Chief AI Officer, advancing its mission to accelerate AI adoption across cyber operations. A veteran cyber and intelligence leader with more than two decad…
https://www.cdomagazine.tech/leadership-moves/us-cyber-comma…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Cyber Command has a new chief artificial intelligence officer. Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny, who was tapped to serve in the role, said his priority will be ensuring that AI strengthens the nation's cy…
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/11/u-s-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny announced on LinkedIn Monday that he has been appointed chief artificial intelligence officer at the U.S. Cyber Command. Get to meet AI experts and leaders from the ...
https://executivegov.com/articles/reid-novotny-chief-ai-offi…
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“fully autonomous deployment is off the table”
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The evidence discusses closing the gap between human and machine speed and mentions an autonomous penetration testing platform (DarkMoon), but does not explicitly state that 'fully autonomous deployment is off the table' for Cyber Command.
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web search NEUTRAL — United States Cyber Command is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command
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web search NEUTRAL — Christopher Eubank, commanding general of US Army Cyber Command, explained that future cyber defense will depend on closing the gap between human decision speed, machine-driven responses, and organiza…
https://militaryai.ai/us-army-ai-cyber-defenses/
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web search NEUTRAL — DarkMoon AI-Powered Platform. When a target is provided via the command line, DarkMoon automatically progresses through a multi-phase assessment: discovering open ports and services, fingerprinting th…
https://cybersecuritynews.com/darkmoon-penetration-testing-p…
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“Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds, former head of the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command”
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No evidence was found after searching for Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds in relation to the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command.
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“Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to use Gemini in classified government operations”
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No evidence was found after searching for a deal between Google and the Pentagon specifically for Gemini in classified operations.
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“Anthropic was first into the classified space, followed by OpenAI earlier this year”
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