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Prompt injection ✦ Zero trust ✦ Event sourcing ✦ RAG pipelines ✦ Threat modeling ✦ DDD ✦ Supply-chain attacks ✦ LLM agents ✦ Observability ✦ Java ✦ Cloud-native ✦

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    The Darkside of AI: Risks and Realities – Talk at Voxxed Days Luxembourg 2025

    I’m excited to share the video recording of my talk, “The Darkside of AI: Risks and Realities,” presented at Voxxed Days Luxembourg 2025!

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