AI Now's Heidy Khlaaf to keynote Black Hat on AI firms conflating security and safety
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-10-29
Heidy Khlaaf, Chief AI Scientist at the AI Now Institute, will deliver a keynote at Black Hat on December 9, arguing that AI companies are co-opting and conflating AI security and AI safety methods and terminology, to the detriment of overall security posture. The full event lineup is now available.
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