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Hack The Box participants may be using AI agents, user suggests

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A user on Mastodon's fosstodon.org instance is questioning whether the top competitors in the current Hack The Box "Season of the Punk" event are utilizing AI agents. The user speculates that the prevalence of AI agents might explain the high performance of certain participants in the hacking competition. AI

RANK_REASON User speculation on a social media platform about the use of AI agents in a hacking competition.

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Hack The Box participants may be using AI agents, user suggests

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Anyone else feeling like the top 10 or so of this times # hackthebox season (season of the punk) is basically ppl using automated # ai # agents ? # hacking # ct

    Anyone else feeling like the top 10 or so of this times # hackthebox season (season of the punk) is basically ppl using automated # ai # agents ? # hacking # ctf # # agenticai # agentic

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