Hackers race to win millions in contest to thwart cyberattacks with AI

This month, a hackathon in Orange County highlighted the battle to protect U.S. critical infrastructure.

Over a dozen students from Arizona State University, UC Santa Barbara, and Purdue University worked intensively to develop a program capable of scanning and fixing security flaws in millions of lines of open-source code without human help.

Sponsored by DARPA, the contest underscores the government’s view that flaws in open-source software are a major security threat and that AI is crucial for addressing it.

Open-source code, while not worse than proprietary software, often lacks rigorous testing, leading to costly breaches like the 2017 Equifax incident, The Washington Post has reported.

read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/27/pentagon-cybersecurity-ai-hackathon-darpa-challenge/

Links for B.C.

Visit My Website
https://bcbegley.com

Follow Me On Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/B.C.Begley

Subscribe To My Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/bcbegley

Watch Me On YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoUf-QQTlTN-BIh3ERCE9A

Follow Me On Twitter
https://twitter.com/BC_News1

Watch Me On Rumble
https://rumble.com/c/c-280191

Follow Me On Gab
https://gab.com/BC_Begley

Follow Me On Truth Social
https://truthsocial.com/@BC_Begley