Smart Talks with IBM
The $5 Billion Effort to help Secure the World’s Shared Software
October 27, 2026·31 min·5-min readnarrativescience
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A massive $5 billion IBM and Red Hat initiative, Project Lightwell, backed by 20,000 engineers, signals a turning point in the battle for open source software security, driven by the disruptive power of AI. The episode reveals how frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos have exposed th
A massive $5 billion IBM and Red Hat initiative, Project Lightwell, backed by 20,000 engineers, signals a turning point in the battle for open source software security, driven by the disruptive power of AI. The episode reveals how frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos have exposed th
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Jen Easterly
narrative on Smart Talks with IBM
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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.
People
Malcolm GladwellJen EasterlyMunish SharmaGunnar Hellekson
Books
The End of Cybersecurityby Jen Easterly
Companies
IBMRed HatAnthropic
Products & Tools
Project LightwellMythosCVSS
Topics
Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurityEconomicsLong Form JournalismOpen SourceSoftware EngineeringTech Industry
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