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.
Chat with Mileva Security Labs for your AI Security training and advisory needs: https://milevalabs.com/
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Episodes
27 episodes
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 the fundamentals of AI red teaming. ...
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Episode 27
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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 was interviewed by Microsoft for their AI sec...
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Episode 26
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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 below here:Datambit: https://datambit.com/...
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Episode 25
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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).Sign up to the digest here:
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Episode 24
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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 example in context (facial recognition at airpor...
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Episode 23
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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 'influencers' (content creators) in the securit...
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Episode 20
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Episode 21: is AI an optional risk? lessons in risk analysis from a road trip to the Society of Risk Analysis conference
Tania and I went to Melbourne to attend the Society of Risk Analysis Annual General Meeting. What a great group of people.. we learnt so much about risk analysis from these awesome people. We all came from totally different disciplines - climat...
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Episode 22
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31:43
Episode 20: threat intelligence vs vulnerability research in AI
Today I'm joined by Miranda, our threat intel lead at Mileva, to discuss how threat intel and vulnerability research works in the world of AI security. We also recently released a threat digest, sign up here to understand what AI securi...
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Episode 19: the TikTok ban (also relevant to DeepSeek?!) part 2
This is part 2 of our discussion on the TikTok ban and its AI security implications. We have not yet recorded a podcast about DeepSeek (look, we're very busy) but you'll find that a lot of the discussion about Chinese national security laws is ...
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Episode 19
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Episode 18: what is going on with this TikTok ban? Part 1.
We chat about the TikTok ban and its AI security implications. We got so into this topic we had to split it in two parts!The AI security creative comms comp: https://milev.ai/reports/ai-security-communication-competition-2000-in-prizes/<...
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Episode 18
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Episode 17: 30 lessons at 30 (AI security edition)
Harriet turned 30 recently and decided to try this trend - but AI security edition! We talk through 30 lessons - AI, security and life.Contact us at contact@mileva.com.au
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Episode 17
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Episode 16: our top 3 AI security trends to start off 2025
Welcome to the AI security podcast! We decided to rebrand and claim this space since no-one else has taken it! We're looking forward to being your go-to podcast for AI security news, research and casual yaps.In this episode Tania and I ...
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Episode 16
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Episode 15: you didn't get enough of GRC last time with Annie-Mei - Part 2
We continue our discussion on key trends in GRC and its intersection with AI!Annie-Mei is also about to launch her own podcast and I highly recommend you check it out if you want more no-nonsense content and advice about the cyber space...
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30:56
Episode 14: the AI Security Likelihood Project - Interim report and dataset now out!
This week we released the interim report and subset of the AI incident database for the AI Security Likelihood research Tania has been working on! We chat through the motivations for the project, our initial insights and takes, and where we hop...
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Episode 14
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Episode 13: what on earth is GRC with Annie-Mei Forster Part 1
Today we chat to my good friend Annie-Mei about GRC (governance, risk and compliance). She is a senior GRC consultant with a background in journalism! We discuss her career journey and an overview of what on earth GRC is.
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Episode 13
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Episode 12: from data analytics to start-up founder with Howjer Gu
This time we sit down with Howjer Gu, Founder of Planoverse, a start-up in our stream within the UNSW 10x accelerator! Fun fact - Howjer and I used to work together at Deloitte back in 2016 and couldn't believe it when we ran into each other du...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11: the Mileva backstory.. also Harriet is in VOGUE?!
2024 has seen a lot of change for Mileva.. and we often get people asking about what we're doing and we got here, so this time Tania interviews Harriet about starting Mileva! We know lots of our audience are curious about starting a business an...
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Episode 11
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27:40
Episode 10: how to up-skill in AI security
In this episode Tania and I chat through how we learnt about AI security and adversarial machine learning, and how you can too! Some resources we mention:- Crash Course AI https://thecrashcourse.com/topic/ai/- 3 Blue 1 Brow...
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Episode 10
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Episode 9: why did California Governor Newsom veto the AI regulation bill and what other bills were passed?
People kept asking us about the recent AI laws in California and why some were passed but one was vetoed, so we decided we'd finally better do a podcast episode on it! Disclaimers: we're not lawyers (this will be immediately obvious) but I ...
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Episode 9
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BONUS: how are threat actors using language models?
In this bonus episode we're still with Miranda and we're talking about some of the trends we're seeing around LLMs (language models) being used by adversaries to augment attacks. This could be another episode, but we have a bite sized discussio...
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Episode 8
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10:49
Episode 7: Is AI Security a subset of Cyber Security with AI security researcher Miranda
This time we are joined by another vital member of the Mileva team, Miranda R! Unlike Tania and myself, who are data scientists who got into security, Miranda actually started as a cyber security analyst and made her way into AI. She chats abou...
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Episode 7
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31:35
BONUS: we rode a Waymo and chat about the impact of automation
When we were in the US we rode a Waymo.. and now we chat about it here! We definitely want to chat about job displacement in another episode, but for now - here is our excuse to tax deduct the Waymo ride!
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Episode 6
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Episode 5: hacking the TikTok dance filter and facial recognition models at BSides Canberra and Singapore
We're finally back after a bit of a break (travel is tiring). Over the last couple of weeks we attended and spoke at BSides Singapore and BSides Canberra! In this episode we cover the research discussed in our talks and the highlights of BSides...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4: reflections on hacker summer camp (BSides LV, DEF CON 32) and San Francisco
We're exhausted but we're still here! And to our knowledge we have not been hacked... in this episode we reflect on our AI and cyber security conversations from BSides Las Vegas, the AI Security Forum, DEF CON 32 and our week in the Bay Area.&n...
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Episode 4
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26:40
BONUS: get hyped for hacker summer camp 2024 - BSides Las Vegas, Black Hat and DEF CON!!
Are you excited to attend hacker summer camp (BSides LV, Black Hat and/or DEF CON) in 2024? So are we!! Harriet shares some tips and tricks based on her experience last year. If you'll be in Vegas this year and see myself and Tania please say h...
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Episode 3
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