{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ShipTalk: AI, DevOps & Software Delivery","title":"Why the U.S. Locked Down Fable and Mythos: AI, National Security, and the Workforce Squeeze","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9e1d0c81\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1626,"description":"The U.S. just barred foreign nationals from accessing two advanced AI models — Fable and Mythos — citing national security. Around the same time, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that AI-enabled cyberattacks are \"months, not years\" away. Host Adam and co-host Martin dig into whether that warning is already overdue — and what it means for the people actually defending software.\nThey're joined by Assaf, a longtime security leader (and Adam's former boss) and author of Lessons from the Front Line: Insights from a Cybersecurity Career. The conversation moves from the headlines to the harder truth underneath them: AI adoption is climbing, yet more than half of security and IT workers are considering leaving their jobs — burned out, under-resourced, and worried AI is coming for their roles. Assaf's take is contrarian and sharp: the real failure isn't AI, it's leadership translation and a training pipeline we're quietly demolishing. As Adam puts it, \"this is not a security problem, it's an engineering problem.\"\nA candid, news-driven look at AI, national security, and the security workforce squeeze — and a surprisingly optimistic read on where it all goes next.\nListen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | YouTube\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Cold Open: AI Cyberattacks Aren't Months Away — \"We're Already There\"\n00:53 Welcome to ShipTalk: Today's Two Headlines\n01:35 Are We Already Using AI Without Realizing It?\n02:41 Five Eyes Warns AI Cyberattacks Are \"Months, Not Years\" Away\n04:31 Harness by the Numbers: Half of Security Pros Want to Quit\n05:25 Meet the Guest: Assaf Keren (ex-PayPal & Qualtrics CSO)\n06:14 \"Secure by Design, But For Real This Time\"\n08:46 The ISSA Survey: Why Security Jobs Keep Getting Harder\n10:01 The \"Triple Whammy\" Burning Out Security Teams\n11:49 Have We Been Here Before? Cloud & the Changing SOC Role\n13:32 The Contrarian Take: AI Could Make Security Better\n15:41 The Real Failure: We're Demolishing the Training Pipeline\n18:41 Weak Leadership, or a Security...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q1Ew5Y-C6zUOgKawDIs7v2325EQguWeA_I_fwKM79xA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YjZl/ZmFhMGI0YWI3OWU4/ZjhlMTVkOWIzN2Ji/OTY0ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}