OpenAI earmarks $1 million for AI cybersecurity

OpenAI has established a $1 million grant program in the field of cybersecurity for artificial intelligence technologies.

The initiative’s central aim is to change online security by applying AI and coordinating like-minded actors.

According to the statement, the OpenAI fund will award $10,000 to projects that present their ideas and pass the selection.

The company highlighted three main areas:

• expanding defenders’ capabilities by deploying AI-based tools;
• solutions to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity technologies to enhance their capabilities;
• stimulating discussions around AI safety.

“While attackers operate with fewer constraints and leverage their flexibility, defenders have something more valuable — coordination toward a common goal for the safety of people,” the company said.

OpenAI also proposed its ideas for possible projects:

• collection, analysis and sorting of cybercrime data;
• mechanisms for studying social engineering;
• automation of vulnerability remediation;
• creating “lures” for attackers;
• detection of malware using AI;
• creating secure software for writing and publishing code.

Earlier, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged the U.S. Congress to regulate artificial intelligence. The businessman proposed creating a new agency for AI issues that would issue and revoke licenses for developing such technologies.

Earlier in May, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a meeting with Altman and other tech-giant executives, where they discussed the risks of artificial intelligence.