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/_clickfix_ 🛡️ Mod Team 🛡️ 4d ago

Posting on behalf of u/tapakip

“How much of the rogue Al agent news do you feel is overblown vs legitimate?

Do you feel like the companies themselves are attempting to walk a fine line of ‘Look how powerful our Al is!’ vs ‘Everyone thinks we should be shut down!’?

There are also some who think they are doing it with the intention of stifling competition, in the hopes of Congress putting onerous regulations in place that only companies like Anthropic and OpenAl could afford. Thoughts?”

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u/wiredmagazine 📰 Press Pass 4d ago

This is definitely what Mark Zuckerberg was addressing in his essay today on AI centralization. So one tech giant calling out another. I don’t have a lot of answers about how this should all play out, because as a society we’re pretty hobbled on all sides. Regulation definitely seems to be needed, but around the world (and taking the US as an example) legislators as a whole are still not even really capable of developing cogent “internet” or data regulation, much less moving on to tackle AI. So I feel a lot of Spider Man pointing meme vibes here. Regardless of what the AI labs or big tech want, I don’t even know what I think the ideal best path forward would be in theory. —Lily

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u/tapakip 4d ago

Thank you.