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DARPA is seeking AI tools to detect and fix hidden design flaws in US electronic markets before adversaries can exploit them to cause economic disruption.
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The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking AI tools to detect and fix hidden design flaws in US electronic markets — from stocks and bonds to energy and cloud-computing resources — before adversaries can exploit them to cause economic disruption.
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