Here’s some of the interesting things from Hacker Summercamp.
Lot’s of news articles on hacking AI because 2023 is the year of AI and it’s overshadowed every other topic (No, I’m not bitter my API talk has since been overshadowed by the dawn of the AI era).
NPR - What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots - by Shannon Bond
TL;DR:
2000 people over three days participated
Google, Meta, and ChatGPT provided their AI
The outcomes from the contest are to strengthen guardrails, help policy makers, researchers, and the public understand how AI can go wrong
If you want the presentation slides from Black Hat they have them on their website.
There was of course some junk hacking. While it’s impractical, it is interesting research. This particular one is on hacking card-shuffling machines at casinos. Which I’m pretty sure they did in Ocean’s 13.
TL;DR:
Report came out about some controversy around a poker game. Report said machine couldn’t be hacked
Challenge accepted
USB + USB port = pwned
Check out the Red Signal list on Twitter created by Jason Lang to see more fallout.
Also signup for the Risky Biz Newsletters. There’s some good nuggets on Black Hat and DEFCON in the one from August 15, 2023.
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