Speaker
Abstract
Autonomous agents operate in a continuous loop: perceive context → reason → execute tools → observe. Each edge creates distinct attack surfaces. This talk maps vulnerabilities—memory poisoning in context ingestion, goal hijacking during reasoning, blind execution at the action stage. You'll learn defensive patterns for each edge: provenance gates, dual-model critics, risk-weighted human oversight, ephemeral credentials, and sandboxed execution. Illustrated with real industry incidents.
Topics
AI/ML
Architecture and Design
Developer Experience
76%
senior dev or higher
1:11
speaker ratio
60+
practitioners
QCon San Francisco 2025 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
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