diff --git a/summary/sessions/305/attendees.adoc b/summary/sessions/305/attendees.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1dcee493 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/305/attendees.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +==== Attendees + +. link:https://x.com/Alpastx[Alpesh Bhagwatkar^] +. link:https://twitter.com/furtado_jaden[Jaden Furtado^] +. link:https://twitter.com/KartikSoneji_[Kartik Soneji^] +. AK +. Janvi Matani +. Kushagra Mehta +. Manan Gandhi diff --git a/summary/sessions/305/config b/summary/sessions/305/config new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a3209e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/305/config @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +catchup_config_noimage=1 diff --git a/summary/sessions/305/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/305/content.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fc45c821 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/305/content.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Date: 12-09-2026 + +Duration: 1 hr 9 mins + +==== Topics Discussed + +* Kushagra Mehta explained a multi-agent setup that sends a prompt to analyzer, verifier or solver, and finalizer roles. + ** The analyzer produces an answer plus a confidence score. If confidence is above 0.5, the next agent uses a cheaper or mid-tier model. It only makes small fixes. + ** If confidence is lower, the setup sends the request to a stronger, more expensive model. + ** The current design uses three tiers: + *** a local model + *** an intermediate model such as link:https://ollama.com[Ollama^] + *** paid models such as link:https://www.anthropic.com/claude[Claude^] and GPT-4 + ** Jaden Furtado said this is mainly a workflow. He said similar behavior could be specified with much less custom code. Kushagra agreed it is closer to a fine-tuned architecture than a novel idea. + ** Kushagra said that a model that scores its own answer is unreliable. The model can hallucinate or overrate the result. + ** Alpesh Bhagwatkar asked how routing would work when candidate models are close in quality, such as link:https://www.deepseek.com[DeepSeek^] and GLM. Kushagra said the current tiers are far apart. He said near-equivalent models still need more work. + ** He said a conference on cognitive computing and generative AI accepted the paper. He said he would try to bring a demo next time. +* A discussion on how to report prohibited material found online took place. + ** Kartik Soneji said the report depends on the case: + *** a DMCA request for copyright + *** a report to the people who would be harmed by a leak + *** a report to the host or link:https://www.cloudflare.com[Cloudflare^] when Cloudflare serves the site + ** He also mentioned an earlier Cloudflare report. The site later went offline. It was unclear whether that one report caused the takedown. +* Alpesh asked whether to study Windows internals or AI-based testing in more depth. + ** He said AI testing looks more open right now. His Windows background is closer to introductory link:https://www.offsec.com/courses/pen-200[OSCP^] Active Directory work. It is not kernel APIs, drivers, or fuzzing. + ** He also described his final-year project as a custom AI harness for finding security issues. +* Janvi Matani asked whether cybersecurity is still a viable field. + ** Alpesh said security work will stay necessary. The entry bar is higher because basic web app pentesting is now heavily automated. + ** He treated cybersecurity as a broad study of systems, not a narrow specialty. That study includes websites, databases, APIs, and how AI agents tokenize, prompt, and act. + ** For college study, he suggested that the syllabus overlap with current needs: + *** agentic engineering + *** harness development + *** context engineering + *** loop or graph-based control of API calls + ** He named LLM safety tools as a way to stay current on issues such as prompt injection. + +==== Projects Showcased + +* Janvi Matani described her link:https://www.sih.gov.in[Smart India Hackathon (SIH)^] project on railway block management. + ** Maintenance, electricity, and signaling teams currently send separate block requests. This makes it hard to judge criticality. It also makes it hard to keep routes useful for passengers. + ** The idea is an AI optimizer in the middle. The optimizer ranks blocks and reduces manual coordination. A human stays in control. + ** She also does link:https://spring.io[Spring^] CRUD work for the project. She uses map data, APIs, and scraping, including link:https://www.openstreetmap.org[OpenStreetMap^]. She said Maharashtra alone has about 370 corridors. + ** Alpesh suggested that she talk to railway staff instead of relying only on AI-generated data. He offered to connect her with Ankush Kapoor. Ankush Kapoor's father works at CSTM. + ** She also mentioned a separate fishermen-safety idea. The idea includes coastal hazard and cyclone alerts. It also includes a way for boats to communicate when a stretch of coast is unsafe.