Black Hat and DEF CON are AI conferences now, too

Brandon Vigliarolo· Aug 17, 2026 · 7:30 AM UTC ·20 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 14 views

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You can listen to the latest episode of The Kettle right here on this page, as well as on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); A lightly edited transcript is below.Brandon (00:04)Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of The Register’s Kettle Podcast. I'm Reg Reporter Brandon Vigliarolo, and you know, I really thought doing a wrap up of Black Hat and DEF CON with our cybersecurity editor Jess Lyons would finally give us a chance to talk about something besides AI for an episode, but I was mistaken.

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▪You can listen to the latest episode of The Kettle right here on this page, as well as on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube.
▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); A lightly edited transcript is below.Brandon (00:04)Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of The Register’s Kettle Podcast.
▪I'm Reg Reporter Brandon Vigliarolo, and you know, I really thought doing a wrap up of Black Hat and DEF CON with our cybersecurity editor Jess Lyons would finally give us a chance to talk about something besides AI for an episode, but I wa

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