ReynardSec<p>How people harm others with the help of AI/LLMs.</p><p>Since its founding in 2016, KP Labs has developed autonomous spacecraft and robotic systems, offering integrated hardware, software, and data-processing solutions [1]. Recently, Polish astronaut PhD Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski tested KP Labs's LeopardISS - a compact data processing unit - during the Axiom-4 mission on the International Space Station [2, 3].</p><p>Last week, Puls Biznesu - a daily newspaper focused on business and economics - published an article [4 - paywall, sorry] explaining that KP Labs submitted their application to the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) [5], the country's main R&D agency, for a grant to fund a new device. Their application, however, was rejected. The initial reaction was like "It happens - someone was simply better", but that turned out not to be the end of the story.</p><p>Questions arose when KP Labs received the official review sheet detailing their score and why it fell short of the grant threshold. Among other claims, the review said:</p><p>a) A superior thermal‑management solution had been used in the "Analog Mars Yard" rover. After consulting the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, they learned no such space rover has ever existed.</p><p>b) Their data compression model was compared to one from the Camila satellite system, which does not yet exist and is in fact slated to be developed by... KP Labs itself.</p><p>c) Their solution was also compared to the technology used in EagleEye, yet Creotech Instruments S.A. - the company behind it - has never disclosed its system parameters [6].</p><p>KP Labs team could only reproduce the same fabricated answers by using a popular LLM. None of the other verification methods came even close to the review sheet - only the AI-tool outputs matched review claims [7]. So far all signs point to the Puls Biznesu article's title being accurate: "How hallucinations sank the grant" [8]. </p><p>Losing the grant funding is one problem, but there's another concern: what about NDAs? Who can guarantee that their confidential work, under strict nondisclosure agreements, has not ended up in an external AI environment and is already being used to train large language models? </p><p>We know the answer. </p><p>For transparency, note that everything presented here is based on circumstantial evidence (German: Indizienbeweis; French: preuve circonstancielle). No one has been caught red-handed. When asked by the newspaper to state its position and respond to the allegation of AI use in the application‑evaluation process, the NCBR declared in an official letter that the reviewing expert relied exclusively on personal expertise... supplemented by queries to Google and Bing. Have they heard about AI suggestions in search results?</p><p>The real problem isn't AI itself but how people use it. AI is here to stay - there's no turning back. The deeper question is this: does a gun kill by itself, or does the person who pulls the trigger? To be clear, I am not equating pulling a trigger with the reckless use of AI - I am focused on the logical essence of the issue.</p><p>[1, en] <a href="https://www.kplabs.space/about" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">kplabs.space/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[2, en] <a href="https://www.axiomspace.com/research/leopard-iss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axiomspace.com/research/leopar</span><span class="invisible">d-iss</span></a><br>[3, pl] <a href="https://gliwice.eu/aktualnosci/dzieje-sie/slawosz-uznanski-wisniewski-juz-w-drodze-na-miedzynarodowa-stacje-kosmiczna" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gliwice.eu/aktualnosci/dzieje-</span><span class="invisible">sie/slawosz-uznanski-wisniewski-juz-w-drodze-na-miedzynarodowa-stacje-kosmiczna</span></a><br>[4, pl, paywall] <a href="https://www.pb.pl/jak-halucynacje-zablokowaly-dotacje-1245713" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pb.pl/jak-halucynacje-zablokow</span><span class="invisible">aly-dotacje-1245713</span></a><br>[5, en] <a href="https://www.gov.pl/web/ncbr-en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.pl/web/ncbr-en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[6, pl] <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7354403984427671553/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l</span><span class="invisible">i:activity:7354403984427671553/</span></a> <br>[7, pl] <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grzegorz-brona-219213a2_budzimyinnowacje-activity-7354412428543066113-qPDI/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/grzegorz-br</span><span class="invisible">ona-219213a2_budzimyinnowacje-activity-7354412428543066113-qPDI/</span></a> <br>[8, pl] <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwtECmXWUAEA68L?format=jpg&name=large" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.twimg.com/media/GwtECmXWUA</span><span class="invisible">EA68L?format=jpg&name=large</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a></p>