The U.S. government is testing how artificial intelligence might enhance operations while preparing for the technology’s downside, such as more dangerous hacking attempts from nation-state adversaries, a congressional panel heard Thursday.

“The cybersecurity element is a great example of the bright and the dark side of AI technology,” said Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s office of science and technology policy. “The choices that all of our work focuses on is, ‘How do we mitigate those risks and secure our cybersecurity systems?'”