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New Essay Competition Explores AI’s Role in Cybersecurity

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November 13, 2024 at 08:10AM The Munich Security Conference and the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative are launching the AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition, inviting essays on AI’s impact on cybersecurity in Europe. The top five essays will receive cash prizes, and the winner will attend the 2025 conference. Submissions are due by January 2, 2025. … Read more

How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites

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February 17, 2024 at 06:46AM Computer scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have shown that large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 can be weaponized to autonomously compromise vulnerable websites. Their agents demonstrated the ability to perform complex tasks without prior knowledge of the vulnerabilities, raising concerns about the potential for autonomous hacks by highly … Read more