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Buttercup and DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge |
| date |
2025-11-07 |
| authors |
Henrik Brodin |
Ronald Eytchison |
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| conference |
Ringzer0 Countermeasure 2025 |
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Slides |
Buttercup and DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge - Ringzer0.pdf |
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This presentation discusses Buttercup, Trail of Bits' automated, AI-powered system for finding and fixing bugs in open-source software, and its success in DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge where it won 2nd place and a $3 million prize. It covers how Buttercup autonomously discovers and patches real vulnerabilities using static analysis and AI-guided fuzzing, the multi-agent architecture, and lessons learned about when AI helps versus hurts.