A Conversation with garak's Creator, Leon Derczynski, on LLM Security

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January 25, 2024
Subho Majumdar
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Large language models (LLMs) are powerful, but they’re also vulnerable. In this exclusive webinar, Vijil Co-Founder Subho Majumdar sits down with Leon Derczynski, the creator of garak, to unpack the evolution of LLM security scanning.

They dive into:

  • Why LLMs need rigorous red teaming and scanning
  • The inspiration and architecture behind garak
  • Common vulnerabilities exposed through testing
  • How developers and enterprises can start using garak today
  • What's next for the open-source project

If you're building or deploying AI agents and want to understand the emerging threat landscape, and how to test for it, this conversation is for you.

Watch the full session below:

Vijil Evaluate now offers garak as a new cloud service, making it easier and faster to test LLMs and build trust in agents. Try garak on Vijil Evaluate here and get the first 10 evaluations on us.

Need a walk through? Watch our YouTube video to learn more about how to run Vijil Evaluate on garak here.

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