AI Village · Event date August 6, 2026 - August 9, 2026

DEF CON 34 / AI Village 2026

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August 6, 2026 - August 9, 2026
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AI Village at DEF CON 34 is confirmed for Las Vegas with demos, CTF activity, community programming, and a poster track on adversarial attacks against agents and agentic systems.

My takeaway: DEF CON 34 / AI Village 2026 is an event signal. The practical read is to track where researchers, vendors, and operators are putting attention before those themes become standard enterprise guidance.
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