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DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) Demonstrates AI's Effectiveness in Securing Open Source Software

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has concluded its AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), a two-year program designed to leverage AI for securing open source software critical to infrastructure. Teams developed cyber reasoning systems (CRSes) to identify and patch vulnerabilities in open source code. The competition demonstrated the potential of AI in significantly reducing the cost and time required to find and fix bugs in open source software. The final competition involved identifying and patching vulnerabilities in 54 million lines of code. The winning teams were awarded significant prizes, and their CRSes will be made available for open source use. DARPA aims to make the technology widely accessible to enhance the security of open source software across various sectors.

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  1. 21.08.2025 16:00 1 articles · 1mo ago

    DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) Concludes with Successful Demonstration of AI in Open Source Security

    The AIxCC program, which began two years ago, concluded with a final competition where teams used AI to identify and patch vulnerabilities in 54 million lines of code. The competition demonstrated the effectiveness of AI in reducing the cost and time required to find and fix bugs in open source software. The winning teams' CRSes will be made available for open source use, and DARPA is working to make the technology widely accessible.

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  • The AIxCC program focused on using AI to secure open source software underlying critical infrastructure.

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  • Teams developed cyber reasoning systems (CRSes) to identify and generate patches for vulnerabilities.

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  • In the final competition, CRSes discovered 54 unique synthetic vulnerabilities and patched 43 of them.

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  • Teams also discovered 18 additional real vulnerabilities during the competition.

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  • The average cost per competition task was $152, significantly lower than traditional bug bounty costs.

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  • The winning teams were Team Atlanta, Trail of Bits, and Theori, receiving $4 million, $3 million, and $1.5 million respectively.

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  • All finalist teams' CRSes will be made available for open source use.

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  • DARPA is working with public and private sectors to make the technology more widely accessible.

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  • The competition demonstrated the effectiveness of AI in reducing the cost and time required to find and fix bugs in open source software.

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