AIFlow on viral cache-timing demo: impressive capability, but human-written objective
AIFlow_ML · x · 2026-10-24
AIFlowML weighs in on the widely shared cache-timing trick, noting its setup: agents placed in separate VMs were tasked with exchanging synthetic secrets via cache-timing side channels. He calls the capability impressive but stresses the objective was human-written, a caveat on how much agent autonomy the demo really shows.
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