a16z's Casado pushes back on 'air gaps are useless' AI risk claims

a16z partner Martin Casado rebutted Noam Brown's claim that air gaps cannot contain runaway AI, arguing covert channels are a longstanding systems problem rather than a new AI threat, and that abstract 'AI will be superhuman' narratives collide with real-world system constraints.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-18 · 2 related posts

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