What's (Real | Fake) with AI?!

Having a hard time figuring out what's real and what's fake these days? You're not alone.

While we have no silver bullets, we do have faith in the power of really smart, interested people with exactly the right mix of structure and chaos coming together to figure it out -- or make a really loud bang trying.

That's right, we are taking over The Punk Rock Museum in Vegas again this year kicking off Black Hat week with a room full of outsiders and outliers - the ones who ask why not instead of why!

We didn't plan on doing it again. And then we couldn't not. Come party with the most genuine band of security-obsessed ride-or-die anarchist builders.

The Polaris Collective is back at the Punk Rock Museum. August 3, 2026. Monday night, doors open at 5p.

This year's theme: What's (Real|Fake) with A?!

Panel 1 — "What's (Real|Fake) with AI: Connecting Intention and Proof"

Intentions are Cheap... Proof Isn't.

Where do intention, proof, and control intersect and support each other - and where do they fall apart? What bits can be trusted when media, technology delivery, and trusted authority are all besieged by doubt? With sharp takes from GetReal Security Head of Threat Intel Tom Cross, Cyber + AI expert/builder Daniel Miessler, and ResembleAI's Zohaib Ahmed, all who understand both where the edge of defense innovation is happening and where evolving AI threats are going in duping human and machine detection.

Fireside Chat with Kenneth Huang (CSA, OWASP AIVSS Lead, Advanced AI Society) and Mo Sadek of the OWASP GenAI Project on Proof-of-Control - and intention - technologies for AI Governance. A conversation about trust, verification, and the gap between what AI systems claim and what they deliver.

Panel 2 — "AI Gatekeepers & Anarchists - Risk Control in Chaos"

Finding the balance between chaos and control. What is the role of a marketplace - and who decides what gets in? A debate about power, access, and accountability in AI ecosystems. And how AI Risk Governance can level the playing field - or close the gate. With Chad Weinman of the FAIR Institute and Chris Fuller, CPO (Spacewalk)

Closing - Musicians of InfoSec

Live discussion + performance from the musicians of the security community. Because the best conversations end with live music.

... and of course our Partner #1 in Punk Rock, our host....

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Advanced AI Society · FAIR Institute

CO-CREATED BY

CodeRed Partners · Blue Cycle · Miscreants

If you were in the room last year, you know why. If you weren't - this is your shot.