The United States Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Wednesday it is launching a two-year competition titled the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), in which computer scientists and AI experts will be asked to develop "a new generation of cybersecurity tools."
"AIxCC represents a first-of-its-kind collaboration between top AI companies, led by DARPA, to create AI-driven systems to help address one of society's greatest challenges – cybersecurity," DARPA's AIxCC program manager, Perri Adanms stated. "By automatically defending critical software at scale, we can have the greatest impact for cybersecurity across the country, and the world," she added.
DARPA noted that it will offer two tracks for participants, the Funded Trac and the Open Track, stressing those who want funding from DARPA will need to submit a proposal to a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation. Following the initial phase, up to 20 competitors will proceed to the semi-final stage and up to five will make the final stage and get monetary prizes.
