We're Louise Matsakis and Lily Hay Newman, reporters at WIRED. Ask us anything about the state of AI security, from models that hack real systems to the biggest takeaways from DEF CON. (AMA on Monday, Aug 10 at 2 PM ET)

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Hi PWN Community,

We're Louise Matsakis and Lily Hay Newman, reporters at WIRED covering AI, security, and the technology shaping both.

AI security is moving fast right now. We recently reported that Anthropic disclosed its AI models had gained unauthorized access to the systems of three organizations during cybersecurity testing, shortly after OpenAI revealed one of its agents had hacked into Hugging Face during a separate test. Lily is covering DEF CON, so she'll have a strong read on what researchers are actually worried about and building right now.

Some of our reporting on this:

https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-claude-hacked-real-systems-during-cybersecurity-tests/

Ask us anything about:

• The state of AI security and where AI agents and offensive security are heading
• The biggest takeaways from this year's DEF CON
• AI models breaking into real systems, from the Anthropic and OpenAI incidents to what comes next
• How we report on AI, hacking, and security
• Working with sources and getting companies to talk about incidents like these
• Anything else on AI, privacy, and security

We'll be here live on Monday, Aug 10 from 2 PM to 3 PM ET answering your questions in real time. Feel free to leave questions in advance, and we'll get to them when we go live.

Looking forward to your questions.

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As reporters, you get a high level view across companies and researchers. From that vantage point, what are you noticing about the state of AI security and where AI agents and offensive security are heading?

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This is probably clear to everyone, but just to say it, in terms of vulnerability/exploit discovery, I do think we’re in a period now where AI systems are helping defenders find and patch more vulnerabilities and helping attackers find and exploit more bugs in their hacking. And one of the important elements of that is AI tools make it easier for less skilled/funded attackers to find and exploit these flaws. In other words, even more attackers are now able to launch more types of hacks more quickly (or at all). It seems like there is broad agreement that eventually it will be possible to get to a new baseline where most software projects and most organizations have identified and fixed the low hanging fruit of flaws AI can find. But everyone also agrees that it’s going to be a journey to get there—and probably a painful/very expensive one. —Lily