The White House's 'AI Cyber Challenge' aims to crowdsource national security solutions

The Biden Administration's plans to defend the nation's critical digital infrastructure through an AI Cyber Challenge.

Key points:

1. The Biden Administration is launching a DARPA-led challenge competition to build AI systems capable of proactively identifying and fixing software vulnerabilities.
2. The AI Cyber Challenge is a two-year development program open to competitors throughout the US, hosted by DARPA in collaboration with Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
3. The competition aims to empower cyber defenses by quickly exploiting and fixing software vulnerabilities, with a focus on securing federal software systems against intrusion.