The industry is keenly aware of the growing attention these security-focused communities are receiving from the federal government when it comes to evaluating new technologies. “DEF CON and BlackHat have morphed pretty significantly over the years — from being something that was fairly fringe and maybe even frowned upon by law enforcement types to something that governments participate in a really significant way,” said Michael Sellitto, head of geopolitics and security policy at Anthropic, whose AI model was part of the red-teaming exercise.
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