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.