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Exclusive: IBM launches $5 billion AI push to combat cyber threats
IBM is investing $5 billion and deploying more than 20,000 engineers to help secure open source software.
TL;DR
- IBM is investing $5 billion and deploying 20,000 engineers to secure open source software.
- The initiative, called 'Project Lightwell,' utilizes frontier AI to create a 'clearinghouse' for identifying and fixing vulnerabilities.
- Early adopters of the platform include Bank of America, JPMorganChase, Visa, Mastercard, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley.
- Project Lightwell broadens protections to various open source technologies, including AI frameworks and data streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.
- IBM CEO Arvind Krishna anticipates government interest and expects the project to expand beyond the financial sector quickly.
- The initiative draws on work from Anthropic and OpenAI's cyber initiatives.