News Summary

• Hackers who are focused on patching vulnerabilities and protecting software are “white hat hackers’, while hackers who are.
• focused on exploiting vulnerabilities for malicious reasons are ‘black hats’ Just as a cowboy is a cowboy, a hacker is a hacker; the hat is not a statement of capability, but rather intentions.
• This delineation between capability and intent and incentive is critical when it comes to AI.
• The best defense — the only viable defense, in fact — will be to make sure defenders have access to the best models as well.