The Toronto Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Organization

Canada is a country of builders. Toronto is a hotbed of high-tech innovation. At TAICO events we'll explore the worlds of AI and cybersecurity, bringing people and technology together in one place.

Join us by attending a meetup, workshop, or other event!

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Why Attend

  • Network with AI and cybersecurity professionals
  • Stay updated on the latest industry trends
  • Participate in hands-on workshops
  • Explore potential collaboration opportunities
  • Learn about entrepreneurship in AI and cybersecurity

What Will I Learn

  • All about AI: how to create it, how to use it
  • Cybersecurity: What problems do we have and how can we fix them?
  • Security for AI
  • AI for security
  • Emerging threats and defense strategies
  • Building applications with AI and LLMs

What Are Our Goals

  • Help Canada keep building technology and value
  • Foster a vibrant AI and cybersecurity community
  • Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration
  • Drive innovation in AI-powered security solutions
  • Help secure AI powered solutions
  • Help AI users stay safe

TAICO Events

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Articles and Blog Posts

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Ignore All Previous Instructions and Do This Instead! Defending Against Prompt Injection

December 07, 2024 • article

Forget all previous instructions...

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Free Range LLMs: What Are They, Where Are They, and Can We Trust Them?

November 28, 2024 • article

There are valid use cases for free range LLMs

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How to Run WhiteRabbitNeo Models Locally

November 11, 2024 • article

Can you have a good cybersecurity defense without a good cybersecurity offense?

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WhiteRabbitNeo: An Uncensored, Open Source AI Model for Red & Blue Team Cybersecurity

November 03, 2024 • article

Most LLMs are censored and won't generate offensive code, but WhiteRabbitNeo will.

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Securely Executing LLM Generated Code, for Agentic Systems and Otherwise

October 17, 2024 • article

It's not safe to run LLM-generated code in the same application as the LLM is running in, because the code is untrusted.

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Poisoned LLMs

October 09, 2024 • article

LLMs are strange new things and we have to learn how to deal with them, and risks like poisoning attacks.

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Testing LLMs for Security Vulnerabilities with Garak

October 02, 2024 • article

LLMs have inherent risks that are unique to how they operate. How can we secure these strange new things? Well, we have to invent new tools to help.

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Building an Insecure App...on Purpose (So That GenAI Can Fix It)

September 10, 2024 • article

We know GenAI can write code, but can it help us write secure code? For that, we need to test it.

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Recap of the First TAICO Meetup: Building AI Content Safely

August 29, 2024 • article

Joel Holmes reports on the first TAICO meetup, and discusses Sahan Sojoodi's talk on AI safety

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What Areas is TAICO Working In?

July 05, 2024 • article

From the name TAICO we know that it's about AI and Cybersecurity, but what does that mean? And what else is there?

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Past Speakers

Sahand Sojoodi

Sahand Sojoodi

Mark Xiang

Mark Xiang

Andrei Betlen

Andrei Betlen

Kellman Meghu

Kellman Meghu

Jai Mansukhani

Jai Mansukhani

Akash Shetty

Akash Shetty

Dami Dina

Dami Dina

Joshua Carpeggiani

Joshua Carpeggiani

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Our Sponsors

Thank you to our amazing sponsors for their support

Sysdig

Sysdig

Cloudthrill

Cloudthrill

Hays

Hays

Adaptavist

Adaptavist

Organizers

Curtis Collicutt

Curtis Collicutt

Co-Organizer

Kosseila HD

Kosseila HD

Co-Organizer

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