Newswise — Hertz Fellow Vivek Nair thinks that traditional cybersecurity approaches don’t cut it when it comes to the world of rapidly advancing AI systems. “We want to specifically understand the vulnerabilities that are caused by the adoption of AI and AI agents in different applications, and then solve those vulnerabilities,” says Nair. The Initiative recognizes honorary Hertz Fellow Harold Newman, a former member of the Hertz Foundation board of directors, as well as David Galas, a Hertz Fellow and chairman of the board. For each selected Hertz Fellow, the Initiative provides not only up to $25,000 in funding, but also mentoring and feedback from others within the Hertz Community. As a Hertz Fellow at UC Berkeley several years later, he completed a PhD in computer science and developed new cryptographic methods.