Definition
Dual-use AI refers to models and agents whose capabilities can materially aid both defensive cybersecurity (finding/fixing vulnerabilities) and offensive exploitation — driving restricted-access release policies.
Key Points
- 2026-07-21: gemini-35-flash-cyber + codemender limited to governments/trusted partners (google-gemini-36-flash-cyber)
- Parallel industry pattern: claude-mythos / Glasswing-style restricted cyber models; OpenAI TAC / cyber previews
- Tension with open evaluation of cyber capability (ai-cybersecurity-testing, cyber-capability-evaluation-risk)