Retiring Hockey Star Becomes AI Cybersecurity Expert

It's April 22nd, I'm Cory with the story, and this is El Paso News Today, your AI-powered

local news.

Joe Spracklin, goal tinder for the University of Texas at San Antonio Hockey Team, is

wrapping up his college career after nearly 16 years on the…

Ice.

This guy is not your typical student athlete.

He's a third year PhD candidate in computer science, zeroing in on cybersecurity for large

language models.

His word tackles AI hallucinations, where these systems spit out fake info that bad

actors could exploit.

Imagine a hacker uploading malware disguises a package that AI dreamed up.

If you downloaded blindly, your whole network's toast.

Spracklin's no stranger to defense.

He's a West Point grad and Army major who spend two decades in missile defense, shooting

down incoming threats.

With counter missiles.

His team's paper was the first to spotlight these malicious package hallucinations, and

is getting major props in academic circles.

Now he's retiring from hockey to head to New York, with his family, stepping into an

Army role as an AI expert, keeping the country safe from digital.

Just like he did on the ice.