When AI Agents Become Adversaries: Security Lessons from the OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident

The university’s Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach (CREO) is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a speaker series that runs through Oct. 29. The series brings A&T faculty, alumni, industry professionals and Department of the Navy experts to campus for talks, a career panel and a hands-on hacking competition. All sessions are free and open to students, faculty and researchers in every discipline, and most can be attended in person at CREO or online.

• Tuesday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-noon
  “When AI Agents Become Adversaries: Security Lessons from the OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident”
  Tia Pope, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science assistant professor
  How goal-directed AI agents can slip past their controls, with a hands-on activity designing safeguards for an agent with tool access.

Event registration and full session details are available at https://www.ncat.edu/research/centers/creo/cybersecurity-awareness/2026/index.php. Sessions take place in the lecture room at CREO, 2105 Yanceyville St., Greensboro.