The Health Advanced Research Projects Agency is currently working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on the Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge.
The two-year competition, also known as AIxCC, aims to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure software by challenging commercial competitors to develop artificial intelligence-powered capabilities that can identify and resolve vulnerabilities. ARPA-H announced Thursday.
The challenges that participants must overcome are based on real-world software.
As an AIxCC collaborator, ARPA-H will contribute an additional $20 million to the contest's prize money. The agency will also work to ensure that vulnerabilities in healthcare CI software are addressed by competitors and provide a migration path for technologies focused on hospital IT, biotech equipment, and medical devices.
ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn cited the inability of commercially available tools to protect health systems from cyber threats as a reason for partnering with DARPA.
“Closing these gaps requires rapid progress, which is why ARPA-H is partnering with DARPA on AIxCC to advance the development of next-generation digital security tools that can address this urgent challenge.” he explained.
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