> Rules that ask people not to use LLMs are ignored and almost impossible to enforce in open online events.
It's quite sad to see CTFs dying. I never had the time do seriously participate in CTFs, but I always respected those who did, as well as the people organizing these events.
That's such a non-reason. If your competition cannot enforce the rules of the competition, then what's the point? Does the CTFs specifically need to be 'open'?
The author argues that open CTFs are done for because of rampant cheating. You're agreeing with that, don't you?
The title is "AI has broken the open CTF format". If the format is "open CTF" then it is very specifically open.
As to your second question: Yeah, I believe having open CTFs was a good idea.
So my question then becomes, what will realistically be lost if CTFs move to a form that requires teams and individuals to sign up?