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Pentagon Contest Develops AI Tools to Find and Patch Dangerous IT Flaws

Aug. 12, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
The Pentagon’s cutting-edge technology research agency awarded cash prizes worth $8.5 million at hacker conference DEFCON last week as part of a contest to build open-source generative AI tools that can help find and patch software vulnerabilities.  

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