--- title: James Kettle to present AI security research talk at DEF... description: James Kettle will present 'Can AI Do Novel Security Research? Meet the HTTP Terminator' at DEF CON and Black Hat. The talk outlines a blueprint for applying AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/james-kettle-to-present-ai-security-research-talk-at-def-con-and-black-hat-itkfxoonr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: James Kettle to present AI security research talk at DEF CON and Black Hat | daily.dev og:description: James Kettle will present 'Can AI Do Novel Security Research? Meet the HTTP Terminator' at DEF CON and Black Hat. The talk outlines a blueprint for applying AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/james-kettle-to-present-ai-security-research-talk-at-def-con-and-black-hat-itkfxoonr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/itkfXOoNR.png og:image:alt: James Kettle to present AI security research talk at DEF CON and Black Hat og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # James Kettle to present AI security research talk at DEF CON and Black Hat **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary James Kettle will present 'Can AI Do Novel Security Research? Meet the HTTP Terminator' at DEF CON and Black Hat. The talk outlines a blueprint for applying AI to security research, highlights AI's limitations in this domain, and introduces new HTTP desync findings. Alongside the talk, major updates are being released for Turbo Intruder, Param Miner, and HTTP Request Smuggler, along with the full source code for the HTTP Terminator tool. ## Content albinowax has published the whitepaper "Can AI Do Novel Security Research? Meet the HTTP Terminator," which was also presented at DEF CON and Black Hat. The paper covers: - A blueprint for building AI-assisted research workflows - A breakdown of where AI fails in security research contexts - Insight into what makes security research actually work - A collection of novel desync findings Alongside the whitepaper, there are major updates to Turbo Intruder, Param Miner, and HTTP Request Smuggler, plus the full source code for the HTTP Terminator itself. --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#ai-security](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/james-kettle-to-present-ai-security-research-talk-at-def-con-and-black-hat-itkfxoonr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"James Kettle to present AI security research talk at DEF CON and Black Hat","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/james-kettle-to-present-ai-security-research-talk-at-def-con-and-black-hat-itkfxoonr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/james-kettle-to-present-ai-security-research-talk-at-def-con-and-black-hat-itkfxoonr"},"datePublished":"2026-07-30T14:49:17.777Z","dateModified":"2026-08-05T20:51:55.330Z","description":"James Kettle will present 'Can AI Do Novel Security Research? 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