Black Hat and DEF CON are AI conferences now, too

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On this week's episode of The Reg's Kettle podcast, we revisit 'hacker summer camp,' where the hottest topic was ... sigh... agentic AI

KETTLE Our cybersecurity editor Jessica Lyons spent last week in Las Vegas for the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences, and at both events there was only one thing on everyone's mind: AI agents and their growing threat to cybersecurity defenders.

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As Jess wrote this week, pretty much every discussion she had last week centered around AI and its potential effects on critical infrastructure, with multiple current and former government leaders expressing worry over recent eventsand what they...

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