According to the White House, Gold Eagle is already taking in and sorting through vulnerability reports "from across industries and sectors," and is coordinating verification of scans — though officials haven't disclosed which specific companies are involved, which AI models power the system, or the methodology used to rank vulnerabilities by priority.

According to the White House, Gold Eagle is already taking in and sorting through vulnerability reports "from across industries and sectors," and is coordinating verification of scans — though officials haven't disclosed which specific companies are involved, which AI models power the system, or the methodology used to rank vulnerabilities by priority.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth framed the effort in stark terms: "Under the leadership of President Trump, we are bringing a wartime footing to the cyber domain to relentlessly patch vulnerabilities." He added that Gold Eagle "serves as the vanguard of America's cyber defense," describing the approach as pairing frontier AI with leading American innovators to protect critical infrastructure and defend the homeland.

Gold Eagle's debut follows the Trump administration's decision to lift restrictions it had previously placed on Anthropic's newest AI models over cybersecurity concerns.

Per White House officials, Gold Eagle is now actively collecting and prioritizing vulnerability submissions "from across industries and sectors," while also overseeing scan verification efforts. That said, the administration has stayed quiet on key details — namely, which companies are taking part, which AI systems are being used to power the initiative, and what criteria determine how vulnerabilities get prioritized.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth offered a forceful characterization of the effort: "Under the leadership of President Trump, we are bringing a wartime footing to the cyber domain to relentlessly patch vulnerabilities." He went on to call Gold Eagle "the vanguard of America's cyber defense," noting that the program pairs cutting-edge AI with the country's top innovators to shield critical infrastructure and secure the homeland.

The rollout arrives on the heels of the administration reversing course on limits it had imposed on Anthropic's newest models — restrictions that were originally put in place over cybersecurity worries.

That reversal was quickly followed by reports indicating that CISA had begun deploying Anthropic's Mythos model to hunt for and evaluate vulnerabilities in government software systems.