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AIxCC Final and Team Atlanta
Two years after its first announcement at DEF CON 31, our team stood on stage as the winners of the AIxCC Final—a moment we had been working toward since the competition began. Yet when we heard we placed 1st, relief overshadowed excitement. Why? While competing head-to-head with world-class teams like Theori was a privilege, the real-time, long-running nature of this competition demanded extreme engineering reliability alongside novel approaches to succeed.
Hacking Redefined: How LLM Agents Took on University Hacking Competition
For the first time, we deployed our hybrid system, powered by LLM agents—Atlantis—to compete in Georgia Tech’s flagship CTF event, TKCTF 2024. During the competition, Atlantis concentrated on two pivotal areas: vulnerability analysis and automatic vulnerability remediation. Remarkably, the system uncovered 10 vulnerabilities and produced 7 robust patches1, showcasing the practicality and promise of our approach in a real-world hacking competition. In this blog, I’ll delve into some fascinating insights and essential lessons from the CTF experience. As we prepare to open-source the full details of our system following AIxCC competition rules, this milestone reflects more than just a technical achievement—it embodies our commitment to advancing LLM-driven security research.