Biden administration launches AI cybersecurity challenge to ‘protect Americans’

In an Aug. 9 press release, the Biden administration revealed an opportunity for hackers to compete for substantial monetary rewards by applying 

The use of hacking competitions to foster innovation is not a new approach for the U.S. government. Back in 2014, DARPA initiated the Cyber Grand Challenge, which aimed at creating an open-source automated defense system capable of safeguarding computers against cyber threats. The present two-year challenge follows a comparable framework to this initiative.

The contest shows that there are official efforts to deal with a new threat that experts are working to fully understand. In the past year, several U.S. companies have created different AI tools, like ChatGPT, that let users make realistic videos, images, texts and code.

On Aug. 9, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to oversee fresh U.S. investments and knowledge contributing to advancing sensitive technologies in China. Anticipated for implementation in the coming year, the action focuses on investments in semiconductors, microelectronics, quantum computing and specific AI capacities.

In the executive order, Biden cautioned that specific American investments might aid the creation of sensitive technologies and products in nations using them to counter U.S. and allied strengths.

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