The US government is launching the AI Cyber Challenge, a competition offering $20 million in rewards for using artificial intelligence (AI) to bolster.
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As a part of an ongoing White House initiative to make software more secure, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to launch a two-year contest, the AI Cyber Challenge, that'll task competitors with identifying and fixing software vulnerabilities using AI. In collaboration with AI startups Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as Microsoft and Google, the AI Cyber Challenge will have U.S.-based teams compete to best secure "vital software" specifically critical infrastructure code using AI. With the Linux Foundation's Open Source Security Foundation (OSC) serving as a challenge advisor, $18.5 million in prizes will be awarded to the top contestants.
The AI Cyber Challenge will offer nearly $20 million in prizes and includes collaboration from leading AI companies Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.