Security News > 2023 > August > White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure

The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a major two-year competition using AI to protect the United States' most important software, such as code that helps run the internet and critical infrastructure.

The AI Cyber Challenge will challenge competitors across the United States, to identify and fix software vulnerabilities using AI. Led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, this competition will include collaboration with several top AI companies - Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI - who are lending their expertise and making their cutting-edge technology available for this challenge.

It will demonstrate the potential benefits of AI to help secure software used across the internet and throughout society, from the electric grids that power America to the transportation systems that drive daily life.

DARPA will host an open competition in which the competitor that best secures vital software will win millions of dollars in prizes.

AI companies will make their cutting-edge technology-some of the most powerful AI systems in the world-available for competitors to use in designing new cybersecurity solutions.

Today's announcement is part of a broader commitment by the Biden-Harris Administration to ensure that the power of AI is harnessed to address the nation's significant challenges and that AI is developed safely and responsibly to protect Americans from harm and discrimination.

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