IBM and Red Hat launch Lightwell to defend open-source code from AI attacks

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Lightwell is now a service for open-source AI defense.

Akrites and Athena are taking similar approaches.

AI-driven attacks need AI-powered defenders.

For software developers, AI is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, AI enables developers to build programs faster than ever. On the other hand, AI enables hackers to find and exploit security holes even faster.

To deal with this, IBM and Red Hat launched Project Lightwell.

Backed by a $5 billion, AI-powered initiative, Lightwell's job is to find and fix vulnerabilities in open-source software at an industrial scale. Now, it's moved from a project to products: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier.

Also: Open-source security is a mess - IBM and Red Hat bet $5 billion and 20,000 engineers can fix it

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