AI, Bluetooth, and Database Fuzzing: Key Insights from ACM China Turing 2023

The 2023 ACM China Turing Conference was held in Wuhan from July 28‑30, bringing together Turing Award laureates, academicians, and industry leaders to discuss "General AI, Human‑Machine Symbiosis" and the latest advances in computing.

On July 30, the second ACM TURC‑OPPO Security Summit focused on "AI Empowering Security, Data Leading the Future," fostering dialogue between academia and industry on security research, technology transfer, and practical deployment.

Speakers highlighted the growing security challenges posed by diverse smart devices, complex network protocols, and AI models deployed on edge devices, emphasizing risks to app, data, system, privacy, and even national security.

OPPO ColorOS Security Director Wang Anyu noted that the popularity of ChatGPT puts AI security and privacy under the spotlight, describing large language models as double‑edged swords that can aid in text and code vulnerability detection, threat intelligence, and security analysis, while also presenting risks such as adversarial attacks, privacy leaks, bias, and misuse.

Professor Xue Kaiping (USTC) presented "Blacktooth: Silently Breaking Bluetooth Defense Mechanisms," detailing multiple Bluetooth protocol vulnerabilities and the impact of his work, which earned an ACM CCS 2022 Best Paper nomination.

Associate Professor Jiang Yu (Tsinghua) reported on "Database Software Fuzz Testing," introducing automated testing methods, grammar‑independent fuzzing techniques, and showcasing defect discovery across various databases, with plans to build large‑scale fuzzing clusters for comprehensive vulnerability detection.

Professor Wang Haoyu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) discussed mobile terminal security in the era of large language models, outlining new attack surfaces and advocating for the evolution toward honest, harmless, and helpful LLMs, while urging attention to supply‑chain security.

Senior Privacy Computing Researcher Meng Dan (OPPO Research Institute) introduced proactive privacy technologies for ubiquitous service scenarios, describing end‑cloud privacy computing, compliance strategies, and OPPO's efforts to enhance user privacy throughout the data lifecycle.

A round‑table chaired by Professor Lin Feng (Zhejiang University) examined AI‑enabled security and data‑driven futures, discussing endpoint, system, application, and AI security challenges and recommending capabilities OPPO should develop.

Finally, ACM China Council Vice‑Chair Liu Yunhuai (Peking University) concluded the forum, expressing hope for deeper collaboration between ACM and OPPO across future research directions.