AI go Beep Boop!
Adam Laurie (Major Malfunction)
[un]prompted 2026 — AI Security Practitioner Conference · Day 1 · 1
Hardware hacking — long the domain of expensive labs, specialized equipment, and years of hands-on experience — is being democratized by AI. Adam Laurie ("Major Malfunction"), a legendary figure in the hardware security world and now CISO at Alpitronic, recounts how a single conversation with ChatGPT cut six weeks of failed chip-glitching attempts down to seven minutes, and then describes building a complete AI-directed hardware exploitation platform on a $7 Raspberry Pi Pico. ---
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This is the talk of the conference. Six weeks of automated glitching versus seven minutes with ChatGPT — that's not a productivity gain, that's a regime change. Laurie built a complete hardware exploitation platform on a $7 Pico with AI directing the hardware, including a live demo that worked. This is what 'AI changes security' actually looks like when someone who knows what they're doing shows you.