Cathie Wood Champions Open Access to Powerful AI for Bitcoin Defenders
Veteran investor Cathie Wood has lent her support to Bitcoin Policy's open letter urging AI labs to aid 'open-source defenders'.
The letter highlights the issue of digital-asset defenders, including Bitcoin Core developers, lacking access to approved cybersecurity research programs. Frontier-model guardrails block real security work, causing them to rely on less capable models for critical reviews.
Wood views Bitcoin as a 'critical public financial infrastructure' and believes those securing it should have trusted access to the most powerful AI models available. She emphasizes that AI could become a powerful defensive technology if defenders get fair access to these systems.
The Ark Invest founder remains bullish on AI, arguing it has sparked a technology revolution. However, she also thinks AI cannot serve as an insurance policy for wealth protection like Bitcoin does.