AI

New OpenSSF Guidance on AI Code Assistant Instructions

AI code assistants are powerful tools. They can speed up development, suggest solutions, and help explore alternatives. But they also create security risks, because the results you get depend heavily on what you ask. These systems’ models are trained on vast amounts of code (much of it insecure), they don’t truly understand context, and they…

OpenSSF Participates in Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is participating in the Biden-Harris Administration’s first-ever Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety, led by the US Department of Commerce. We join over 200 leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders in supporting the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI along with other Linux Foundation (LF) projects including LF AI…

OpenSSF Expands Support for AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC)

In August 2023, OpenSSF announced our partnership with DARPA, to support the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). We set up a generative AI and autonomy for cybersecurity (GaiaCS) project to support our partnership activities and today, we are excited to announce that OpenSSF has brought on board Will Pearce and Nick Landers to support GaiaCS and…

US White House Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI

The Biden-Harris Administration issued a landmark Executive Order on developing Artificial Intelligence (AI), harnessing the power of AI responsibly, and managing the risks of AI. Executive Order 14110 directs actions for new standards on AI safety, security, privacy protection, equity and civil rights advancement, consumer and worker protection, and more.