{"id":17041,"date":"2026-07-28T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17041"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:00:39","slug":"nicholas-carlinis-now-infamous-black-hat-conference-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17041","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Carlini&#8217;s now infamous black hat conference talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sd26pWhfmg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Carlini &#8211; an AI researcher at Anthropic &#8211; came to the much vaunted Black-hat conference in Feb 2026. He gave a chilling warning: we have AI&#8217;s now that are finding so many zero-day bugs that we simply can&#8217;t file them fast enough. A storm is coming and he was begging for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The security community (much like the open source community) has largely scoffed at &#8216;AI slop&#8217;. That&#8217;s all changed in the last 6 months. What has since come to light is exactly what he said. Linux is now having <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=48992669\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=48992669\">weekly bug fixes in the hundreds<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2026\/07\/23\/oracle-drops-1449-security-patches-like-its-the-new-normal\/5277114\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2026\/07\/23\/oracle-drops-1449-security-patches-like-its-the-new-normal\/5277114\">Oracle in the thousands<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholas Carlini &#8211; an AI researcher at Anthropic &#8211; came to the much vaunted Black-hat conference in Feb 2026. He gave a chilling warning: we have AI&#8217;s now that are finding so many zero-day bugs that we simply can&#8217;t file them fast enough. A storm is coming and he was begging for help. The security community (much like the open source community) has largely scoffed at &#8216;AI slop&#8217;. That&#8217;s all changed in the last 6 months. 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