AI and Ukraine War: OpenAI Includes Ukraine in AI Cyber Defense Program
Russia has been launching hacker attacks on suppliers and hospitals in Ukraine for years. ChatGPT company OpenAI is now giving authorities access to AI that is intended to find and close vulnerabilities.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is assisting the Ukrainian government in safeguarding against cyberattacks originating from Russia. This assistance comes through the "Daybreak" program, which utilizes AI software to identify and rectify security vulnerabilities. The primary targets of these cyber threats include Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, such as utility companies and hospitals, which have been under attack by Russian hackers for years. In the past year alone, Ukraine's cybersecurity agency has recorded nearly 6,000 incidents.
OpenAI's new AI, along with that of its rival Anthropic, is highly adept at detecting software vulnerabilities that have gone unnoticed for decades and could potentially be exploited for malicious cyber attacks. However, to prevent these advancements from being misused for devastating cyber attacks, the companies have restricted access to these capabilities, in coordination with the US government.
To date, IT security experts from various countries, including Germany, France, and Poland, have had access to this technology within OpenAI's "Daybreak" program.
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