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White House Launches AI Cyber Competition To Protect Critical Software

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

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White House Launches AI Cyber Competition To Protect Critical Software

The Biden administration on Wednesday launched an open prize competition aimed at generating artificial intelligence-based solutions to automatically secure the nation’s most critical software. The AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) will be led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and include partners Anthropic, Google [GOOG], Microsoft [MSFT], and OpenAI, who will provide their expertise and technology for the competition. The software most in need of protection is open-source and is used by critical infrastructure entities and software supply chains.…

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