WSSU RECEIVES A NEARLY $500,000 GRANT TO HELP PROTECT AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CYBERSECURITY THREATS

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 15 -- Winston-Salem State University issued the following news release:

An interdisciplinary team of Winston-Salem State University faculty members has received a $496,376 grant from the National Science Foundation to help protect against cybersecurity threats involving artificial intelligence.

WSSU plans to create four teaching units on AI security and integrate them into courses already being taken by WSSU students across healthcare management, education and computer science programs, said Dr. Debzani Deb, founding director of WSSU's Center for Applied Data Science and principal investigator of the grant.

The units will cover how AI systems can fail or be attacked; how to evaluate an AI tool before adopting it...