HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global AI Defense Challenge 2024 has successfully concluded, attracting over 3,200 participants from 18 countries and regions across the world. Co-hosted by the China Society of Image and Graphics (CSIG), the Cloud Security Alliance Greater China Region (CSA GCR), and Ant Group, the competition aims to facilitate collaboration between academic and industry communities, exploring and addressing potential technical risks associated with large model applications, and supporting the sustainable and reliable development of the global AI industry.

Launched in September 2024, the competition focused on defense strategies for large model applications. Over the past two months, participants from more than 290 universities, including renowned institutions such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nanyang Technological University, Johns Hopkins University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Sydney, and more than 280 companies, including ByteDance, Zhipu AI, Tencent, Shopee, and NetEase, joined the competition. They competed in two tracks: Vaccination for Text-to-Image Generative Models, and AI Identity Verification - Financial Certificate Tampering Detection.

Based on the results submitted by participating teams, the judging panel announced the winners for each track, including one team from ByteDance and another from INTSIG Information.

Wang Yaonan, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the CSIG, noted, "Enhancing security measures and constructing a comprehensive security system for large models are crucial for ensuring the sustainable, reliable, and healthy development of AI technologies. This responsibility falls on all industry participants and researchers as we address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI."

"This competition is committed to exploring the security challenges in large model applications and fostering the continuous advancement of AI security technologies, "added Wang Weiqiang, Chief Scientist of Ant Security Lab and a member of the judging panel. "Meanwhile, it has also brought together technology experts and talents from across the globe, creating a platform for collaboration and competition. We are excited to witness the remarkable capabilities of these exceptional security talents, which will contribute significantly for the industry's continued development."

The competition is organized by Ant Security Lab, Alibaba Cloud, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, and various other industry, academic, and research institutions, with the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory serving as a technical advisor. In addition to awarding the overall winners, the competition also presents Outstanding Solution Awards to recognize the practices in algorithm innovations and computational sustainability from participating teams.