The United States AI Action Plan | will they win the AI race against China? 🤔
Hi! 👋 In this episode, we’re diving into the US AI Action Plan — the White House’s new roadmap for how America plans to lead in AI.. and beat China.We’ll look at what’s inside the plan, what it really means for AI security and regulation, and whether it’s more of a policy promise… or a political one.📄 You can read the full plan here:https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdfLet me know what you think — is this the kind of leadership AI needs, or a dangerous framing of AI capability?
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AI Security vs Application Security
Welcome back! 👋After taking a little break to reset and redesign everything behind the scenes, I’m back — and consolidating all my content. This episode is part of both The AI Security Podcast (on Spotify and Apple Podcasts) and my YouTube channel, HarrietHacks — so whether you prefer to listen or watch, you’ll get the same great conversations (and bad jokes) across both platforms.From now on, I’ll be posting at least fortnightly (with the occasional bonus episode when something big happens… like when I announced the book!).I’ve been in a few conversations lately where people have tried to convince me that AI Security is just Application Security in disguise. Naturally, I disagree. 🤷♀️ So in this episode, we dive into AI Security vs Application Security — how they overlap, where they diverge, and why securing AI systems demands new thinking beyond traditional AppSec.💌 Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/i7RgRM📘 Pre-order The AI Security Handbook: [link coming soon]🎥 Watch this episode and more on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HarrietHacks🔗 Useful LinksSQL Injection Examples (W3Schools): https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_injection.aspApplication Security Blog (Medium): https://medium.com/@pixelprecisionengineering1/application-security-appsec-in-cybersecurity-855ad9ce5e5eEcholeak Zero-Click Copilot Exploit (Dark Reading): https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/researchers-detail-zero-click-copilot-exploit-echoleakTraditional AppSec vs AI Security (Pillar Security): https://www.pillar.security/blog/traditional-appsec-vs-ai-security-addressing-modern-risks
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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 - where we talk about exactly what AI agents are and why we may need to consider their security a bit differently. Stay tuned for the rest of the series!
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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 shortly: https://www.aisecurityfundamentals.com/The premise was simple: are AI security incidents happening in the wild? What can we learn about future incidents from these historic ones? We answer some of these questions.
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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
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. Chat with Mileva Security Labs for your AI Security training and advisory needs: https://milevalabs.com/Reach out to HarrietHacks if you want us to speak at your event: https://www.harriethacks.com/