As the U.S. government moves to control exports of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) model “Mythos,” a domestic AI security consortium for the protection of public-interest infrastructure has been launched.

Project Plasma, a nonprofit organization established under the leadership of cybersecurity company Tauri, announced on the 17th that “Project Canopy,” a consortium for sharing AI security technologies, has been launched. Project Plasma is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in May last year. It was created with the goals of supporting white-hat hacker research activities, fostering a security talent ecosystem, and spreading public-interest security technologies.

The security consortium “Canopy,” launched on this day, is similar in form to Anthropic’s cybersecurity consortium Project Glasswing and was created to defend public-interest infrastructure. Its goal is to disseminate AI-based vulnerability detection technologies across the entire spectrum of livelihood-related infrastructure, including the open-source ecosystem as well as hospitals, schools, and public-sector entities.

As of its launch, Canopy has participation from a total of 27 companies and institutions. The steward group, which serves as the core operating body, includes Dunamu, LG Uplus, POSCO DX, Tauri Korea, and Hanwha General Insurance. The partner group includes Kwangwoon University, Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute, Lotte Card, SK AX, LG Electronics, NHN, Woowa Brothers, Hyundai Motor Group, and Hyundai Card. A representative of LG Uplus said, “As AI increases security risks, various domestic companies and institutions need to build a joint response system to strengthen security capabilities, which is why we decided to join Canopy.”

To promote the public-interest dissemination of AI security technologies, Canopy has secured support funding of about KRW 3 billion, which will be operated entirely in the form of donations. The support funds will be provided to open-source developers and institutions operating public services such as the Public Procurement Service, the Korea Meteorological Administration, and the courts, which have found it difficult to use high-performance AI security analysis technologies due to cost burdens. Through this, Canopy plans to apply AI security technologies in the field first and help establish the related ecosystem.

Park Se-jun, CEO of Tauri and the first chair of Canopy, said, “The speed at which AI discovers vulnerabilities is the same for both attackers and defenders, but the capacity to defend and patch them is unequal across organizations,” adding, “Canopy will serve as a breakwater to fill that critical gap, and we will develop it into a global public-interest standard model through cooperation with the government, industry, and security companies.”

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