Palo Alto Networks on August 19, 2026 launched the Frontier AI Critical Defense Program, a coordination effort that pairs AI labs, software makers and operational technology vendors to shield critical infrastructure from vulnerabilities that AI models are now finding faster than operators can patch. New participants include Anthropic, OpenAI, OT vendors Mitsubishi Electric and Axis Communications, healthcare and financial risk-sharing groups Health-ISAC and the Analysis and Resilience Center…