DefCon Chronicles: Sven Cattell’s AI Village, ‘Hack the Future’ Pentest and His Unique Vision of Deep Learning and Cybersecurity

Sven Cattell, shown above, is the founder of a key event at DefCon 31, the AI Village. The Village attracted thousands of people eager to take part in its Hack The Future challenge. At the Village I rubbed shoulders with hackers from all over the world. We all wanted to be a part of this, to find and exploit various AI anomalies. We all wanted to try out the AI pentest ourselves, because hands-on learning is what true hackers are …

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