Navy holds AI and cybersecurity contest with $150,000 in cash prizes

Published on November 25, 2023

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command is hosting a contest for developing AI solutions for real-world cybersecurity challenges.

The Navy launched a competition this week for finding machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions for real-world cybersecurity challenges.

The challenge — dubbed the Artificial Intelligence Applications to Autonomous Cybersecurity Challenge (AI ATAC) — holds a $100,000 first place and $50,000 second place awards. It is open to all citizens and permanent residents, be they defense contractors, researchers, students or just technology-curious private citizens.

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