Apple announces Bug Bounty Program for its AI
Days before the launch of Apple Intelligence, the company is giving access to researchers to test out the security of its Private Cloud Compute.
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Days before the launch of Apple Intelligence, the company is giving access to researchers to test out the security of its Private Cloud Compute.
Before the launch of Apple Intelligence, which should roll out on October 28th, the company announced that it's giving security and privacy researchers an opportunity to test out Apple's Private Cloud Compute (PCC).
PCC is a secured cloud system where a company stores data and runs applications. Apple uses it to keep its AI requests secure when they're processed in the cloud.
The company said that its Private Cloud Compute security and privacy were first inspected by security and privacy researchers, followed by third-party auditors and select security researchers.
Now, Apple is giving access to all security and privacy researchers, "or anyone with interest and a technical curiosity," to test out the PCC and "perform their own independent verification of [Apple’s] claims."
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This way, the company is seeking to gain public trust in the security of its PCC.
The company also announced that it’s increasing its Security Bounty with rewards starting from $50,000 to $1,000,000. The bounty is given for detected vulnerabilities such as data disclosure or gaining unauthorized access.
Apple Intelligence is planned to launch with the release of iOS18.1 next week. The company's AI will be available for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models, iPads, and Macs with Apple's M-series chips.