NVIDIA and a coalition of technology and cybersecurity companies have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open source tools for securing AI systems. The initiative, aligned with the Linux Foundation's Akrites project, includes major participants like Adobe, Cisco, and IBM. Key contributions include Nvidia's open source project NOOA for auditing AI behavior, HPE’s identity framework, and Microsoft's agentic scanning tool MDASH.
The alliance argues for treating open AI resources as security assets, emphasizing collaboration for stronger defenses against cyber threats, particularly following incidents like the OpenAI and Hugging Face security breach.