Open Call: Amazon Trusted AI Challenge

The Amazon Trusted AI Challenge is an annual university competition dedicated to accelerating the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It was created to recognize and advance students from around the globe who are shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Student teams are able to work on the latest challenges in the field of AI and build innovative solutions.

The goal of the Trusted AI Challenge is to make AI responsible and safer for all, with a focus this year on preventing AI from assisting with writing malicious code or writing code with security vulnerabilities. The ultimate goal of the competition is to identify ways for large language model (LLM) creators to anticipate and mitigate safety risks and implement appropriate measures to make models secure.

This year’s challenge focuses on responsible AI and specifically on large language model (LLM) coding security.

Benefits

• Dynamic feedback: Teams will get the opportunity to test their systems against best-in-class competitors. Unlike static benchmarks, the challenge evaluations are dynamic and multi-turn and evolve as both sets of teams refine their systems over the course of competition.
• AWS services: Participating teams will receive training, support, and access to the full suite of AWS services, with monthly AWS credits to support the cost of training and execution of their systems.
• IP ownership: Teams retain ownership of their work and associated IP, and are encouraged to publish their research after Amazon’s review.
• Stipend: Each team chosen for the Trusted AI Challenge will receive sponsorship in the amount of $250K. Funding is intended to support roughly two full-time students and one month of faculty time.
• Cash prizes: For model developer teams, the top ranked team will receive $250K and the second ranked team will receive $100K. Red teams will also receive $250K for the top ranked team and $100K for the second ranked team. All cash prizes will be divided equally among the students on the team.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to participate in the Competition, you must:
  • Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or post-graduate student at an accredited college or universities and remain a full-time student in good standing at such University while participating in the Competition.
  • Be at or above the age of majority in your country, state, province or jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry.
  • Not be a person or entity subject to U.S. export controls or sanctions, including citizens of any of the Restricted Jurisdictions.
  • Competition is void in Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, the region of Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) or Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR), and where prohibited by law (each, a “Restricted Jurisdiction”).
  • Entrants (“Entrants”) must enter as part of an “Entrant Team” consisting of one or more students from a single University. An Entrant is only permitted to be part of one Entrant Team. Any Entrant that is part of more than one Entrant Team may be disqualified and his/her corresponding Entrant Teams may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Sponsor.

Ineligibility Criteria

• People who, during the Competition Period, are directors, officers, employees, interns, and contractors of Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective advertising, promotion and public relations agencies, representatives, and agents immediate families members of such Personnel and members of the households of such Personnel are ineligible to participate in this Competition.

For more information, visit Amazon .