Understand AI and its limits
Hacking AI is usually frowned upon by service providers. This is unfortunate as the technology is embedded pretty much everywhere. Being able to make it work for you and understanding how to break it, and where it’s brittle, is becoming more important, if for no other reason than to do sensible things with it and build safer solutions. Here at HackAI we aim to provide you with a platform of games and CtF type challenges for you to test your skills against the technology to learn, to understand, and to hopefully ensure you’re more likely ok in a world more filled with AI features. And you can also let the provider know how vulnerable their solution is. Disclaimer: hack other AI’s only with permission.
So welcome to one and all. Check our FAQ for how to contribute, support, and use this website and the games. We are running the backend locally and do have a habit of blowing up hardware, so consider donating to keep the services running. All contributions will be fully used to keep the lights on and the GPU running.
How HackAI got started?
The first hackable AI Bot was built for a CtF for a cybersecurity conference called Disarray, which was organised on a cruise ship travelling between Turku and Stockholm. As the network in international waters is spotty at best and non-existent at worst, we needed a fully on-prem AI for this. Our bots have since travelled to a host of cybersecurity events in Finland and Northern Europe with workshops of 100-150 individuals each. We offer a few featured games on this site and more through Helheim Labs.
Featured games
We are currently running on limited compute as we are making much needed changes in our backend. Please be patient with the games. If you want to use the games in a group setting, please contact us. If you want to support us to be able to buy more hardware and compute, there’s info on our Buy me a coffee account. If you want to check the passwords, please check the new ctf.helheimlabs.fi site.
Contributors (so far…)
Satu (aka Neko): AI specialist, educator, speaker, mentor, and AI security expert. On the board of TurkuSec, organiser of Disarray, volunteer at Disobey, and often found in different AI and cybersecurity events across Europe. Passionate about keeping AI safe and secure and teaching people to hack it if it isn’t. Founder of Helheim Labs.
Marcel (aka comfix): Sysadmin, who specializes, and prefers, in deploying and optimizing services in on-premises environments. He is known for building reliable, scalable systems with a focus on automation, security, and operational efficiency. Plainly said, he just makes stuff work. Often found at NOC help desk on CCC events.
Silvan (aka pcdog): Network engineer, systems architect, speaker, and community organiser. Product owner at Openfactory, builder of resilient and sovereign internet infrastructure, and driving force behind Freetransit. Deeply involved in European internet governance, routing security, and open source.
Halla: Halla is our beloved emotional support dog and full-time team member. As a Finnish Lapphund, he’s calm, clever, and always ready for scritchies or a walk. Whether at the office or tech events across Europe, Halla keeps spirits high and stress levels low and also takes people out for walks so.
Other creators of games (several in development that are co-developed): coming…
Sponsoring companies and organisations
Helheim Labs: Supporting and sponsoring the community building necessary skills for the security and resiliency of our societies. 
Disobey: Disobey is a Finnish cybersecurity event organiser encouraging the hacker culture and bringing together like-minded individuals at a gathering to share information and to train the skills our adversaries use against us.
Openfactory: Openfactory is an European ISP and a one stop shop for european cloud and IT needs. 
We actively collaborate with organizations and universities, such as:
