Is it even possible to defend AI agents against attacks in practice?
- đ¤ Speaker: Ilia Shumailov (AI Sequrity Company, Ex DeepMind, Ex Cambridge) đ Website
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 28 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
- đ Venue: Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, Room FW11 (note change of room)
Abstract
Prompt injections make deployment of AI agents hard in practice. In this talk I will cover the current status quo in agentic AI security and try predicting where the future will take us.
Bio: Ilia Shumailov holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. Until recently Ilia was a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind focusing on the intersection of machine learning, privacy, and computer security. At present Ilia runs a company sequrity.ai building tools to secure AI agents of the future.
Series This talk is part of the Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory) series.
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Tuesday 28 October 2025, 13:00-14:00