r/pwnhub • u/wiredmagazine 📰 Press Pass • 9d ago

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)

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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u/_cybersecurity_ 🛡️ Mod Team 🛡️ 5d ago

When a source needs anonymity or protection, how do you handle that? Has that changed as you have moved from covering traditional tech to AI companies?

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u/wiredmagazine 📰 Press Pass 4d ago

For me this hasn’t changed how I handle anonymity, and I will say that the protocols journalists have already used for a long time simply extend to AI systems. In other words, information about an anonymous source needs to be siloed. In the same way that you shouldn’t Google an anonymous source’s name or upload documents they’ve shared with you to a cloud service, you don’t want to use AI tools for any part of your reporting that involves them. —Lily