The AI Security Podcast
I missed the boat in computer hacking so now I hack AI instead. This podcast discusses all things at the intersection of AI and security. Hosted by me (Harriet Farlow aka. HarrietHacks) and Tania Sadhani and supported by Mileva Security Labs.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Agentic AI Security: A Primer
For a while we've been wanting to talk about Agentic AI Security.. the thing is that we could spend multiple episodes talking about it! So we decided to do just that. This is part 1 - a primer - wher…
How Likely Are AI Security Incidents? Updates From Our Final Report!
Six months ago Tania and I made an episode about the interim report for our AI Security Likelihood Project.. and it is finally time to discuss the final report! You'll see it live at this link shortl…
To open or close model weights?
In this episode, Tania and I discuss the debate around closed or open model weights. What do you think?
The RAND report we mention: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2849-1.html
Creative prompt injection in the wild
In this episode, Tania and I talk through some creative examples of prompt injection/engineering we've seen in the wild.. think prompts hidden in papers, red-teaming and web-scraping.
Your Brain on Ch…
Threat intel digest: 23 June 2025
This week we discussed multiple AI vulnerabilities, including Echolink in M365 Copilot, Agent Smith in Langchain, and a SQL injection flaw in Llama Index, all of which have been patched. We also cove…
AI safety evaluations with Inspect
I'm back from holiday, and this week Tania and I talk about a project she completed as part of the ARENA AI safety curriculum to replicate the findings of evaluations on frontier AI capabilities.
Link…
Threat intel digest: 9 June 2025
This week we try a new condensed format for the AI security digest! we covered critical CVEs, including vulnerabilities in AWS MCP, Llama Index, GitHub MCP integration, and tool poisoning attacks. We…
Threat intel digest: 26 May 2025
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Tania Sadhani and Miranda R discussed various AI security topics, including critical CVEs affecting platforms like ChatGPT and Hugging Face, …
AI Vulnerability Research with Aditya Rana
Ever wondered how security vulnerabilities are found in AI? Join us as we chat with Aditya, a Vulnerability Researcher at Mileva Security Labs!
Threat intel digest: 12 May 2025
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This week we note regular CVEs in AI libraries such as Nvidia TensorFlow and PyTorch. We discuss a novel prompt injection technique called "p…
The evolution of data science and AI ethics with Dr Alberto Chierici
This week I'm joined by my friend Alberto, he has an incredible storied career - from data science, insurance, AI risk, advising Tesla.. check out his book here!
https://www.amazon.com.au/Ethics-I-Fa…
Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report
We talk about Stanford Human-Centred AI's latest AI Index report, check it out here: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report
Threat intel digest: 28 April 2025
Did you know we have a fortnightly threat intel newsletter? We decided there was so much good research in there we have to talk about it here! We're joined by threat intel lead Miranda for this fortn…
Episode 28: the OWASP ML Security Top 10 with co-lead Shain Singh
My friend Shain joins me on the podcast to talk about his work with the OWASP MLSec Top 10 list and organisational guidance, as well as how he got here!
For info about the list and how to contribute, …
Episode 27: all about AI red teaming
This week we talk about AI red teaming.. I can't quite believe we haven't talked about it already! We cover the origins of red teaming in the military, how red teaming is done in cyber security, and …
Episode 26: Microsoft's L33t Sp3ak AI security series ft. me
I didn't manage to get my act into gear to record a fresh episode between getting back from the UK and heading to New Zealand so I've pulled one from the vault.. it's a good one though! A year ago I …
Episode 25: conversations at AI UK in London
I didn't want to do a solo episode so instead I enlist free content support by speaking to the vendors at AI UK, run by the Alan Turing Institute, in London! Thanks very much to those people, links b…
Episode 24: examples of AI security incidents, from our Manchester airbnb (but sadly not the hot tub)
We're in Manchester but we can't talk about it much.. so instead we reflect on some of the latest digest incidents (and how we wish the hot tub in our airbnb had water in it).
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Episode 23: the AI lifecycle and what it means for security
In this episode we discuss the AI lifecycle.. we talk through important machine learning stages (training, inference etc), how they apply at the systems levels (agentic systems, APIs etc) and and exa…
Episode 22: security careers and content creation with Cyber Expanse host James Webb
In this episode I interview James Webb, host of the Cyber Expanse. We discuss careers at the intersection of AI and cyber security, how to get into the security workforce, and what it's like being 'i…