AI Security Moves Beyond Theory To Practice

Jeremy Snyder reports from the Mar. 17, 2026 [un]prompted AI Security Practitioners Conference that AI security is shifting from theoretical discussion to operational, battle-tested defenses. Speakers from Google, OpenAI, Meta and firms like Trail of Bits highlighted rapid LLM-driven vulnerability discovery—exploit availability shrinking from months to hours—plus defensive automation, threat modeling for LLMs, and layered defense strategies practitioners should adopt.