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Michael McCaul

U.S. representative from Texas; former chair of the House Homeland Security Committee

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“China is no longer months behind us in AI development; one of our greatest adversaries is quickly closing the gap. For years, China-backed threat actors have looked for any vulnerability to target our government and civilian networks and pre-position themselves in our critical infrastructure. Now advanced AI models have supercharged these capabilities,”

Michael McCaul

U.S. representative from Texas; former chair of the House Homeland Security Committee

In a July 2026 House committee readout of a bipartisan war game, Michael McCaul said China is quickly closing the gap in AI development, and that advanced AI models have supercharged China-backed threat actors who have targeted U.S. government and civilian networks and pre-positioned themselves in critical infrastructure.

U.S. Representative and former chairman of the House Committee on Homeland SecurityPublished July 24, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial readout of a bipartisan member-level war game on AI-enabled cyber threats to U.S. critical infrastructure

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… rail, port terminals, transportation networks, and utilities, along with AI models trained on vulnerable data sets, could challenge our defensive posture and result in cascading impacts on the preparedness and resilience of the homeland. “China is no longer months behind us in AI development; one of our greatest adversaries is quickly closing the gap. For years, China-backed threat actors have looked for any vulnerability to target our government and civilian networks and pre-position themselves in our critical infrastructure. Now advanced AI models have supercharged these capabilities,” Rep. McCaul said on the war game. “Following extensive briefings from the private sector on AI and its security implications, this war game was an important exercise for our Committees to consider cyber as a frontline domain of kinetic

What this quote does not say

  • The statement concerns adversarial AI-enabled cyber risk, not autonomous loss of control or existential risk.
  • The readout's 'Mythos-level' framing is the committee's, not McCaul's, in the quoted sentences.

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