Google's AI Fight Club Will Train Systems to Defend Against Future Cyberattacks

When artificial intelligence (AI) is discussed today, most people are referring to machine learning algorithms or deep learning systems. While AI has advanced significantly over the years, the principle behind these technologies remains the same. Someone trains a system to receive certain data and asks it to produce a specified outcome -- it's up to the machine to develop its own algorithm to reach this outcome. Alas, while we've been able to create some very smart systems, they are not foolproof. Data science competition platform Kaggle wants to prepare AI systems for super-smart cyberattacks, and they're doing so by pitting AI against AI in a contest dubbed the Competition on Adversarial Attacks and Defenses.