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Chainguard's new Athena coalition uses AI to fix open-source flaws - before attackers exploit them

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Chainguard and friends will use AI to protect open-source code from attackers.
Athena uses the resources of open-source users, developers, and maintainers.
Chainguard isn't the only one seeking to secure open-source code with AI.

As everyone in IT knows, or should know anyway, AI has opened up a new front in attacking open-source code security. Hacking used to require real skill. Now, anyone with a sufficiently advanced AI model can pry open programs and infect them with AI-custom-made malware. The software company Chainguard, which specializes in zero-CVE container images and security-hardened open-source code, is joining with others to beat the attackers to the punch with Athena.

As Chainguard puts it, "The gap between a vulnerability being discovered and being exploited has collapsed from years to hours, and a growing share of exploits are...

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