Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon parses the AI security hype

Listen to this episode from Three Buddy Problem on Spotify. Three Buddy Problem - Episode 57: Brandon Dixon (PassiveTotal/RiskIQ, Microsoft) leads a deep-dive into the collision of AI and cybersecurity. We tackle Google’s “Big Sleep” project, XBOW’s HackerOne automation hype, the long-running tension between big tech ownership of critical security tools and the community’s need for open access. Plus, the future of SOC automation to AI-assisted pen testing, how agentic AI could transform the cyber talent bottlenecks and operational inefficiencies, geopolitical debates over backdoors in GPUs and the strategic implications of China’s AI model development. Cast: Brandon Dixon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonsdixon/), Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs), and Ryan Naraine (https://twitter.com/ryanaraine).