# Binutils Projects at AI Tinkerers

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GNU Binutils is a collection of binary tools for creating, modifying, and analyzing object files and executables.

Binutils provides the foundational toolkit for binary manipulation on Unix-like systems. It centers on the BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library: this allows tools to handle diverse object formats like ELF and PE across different architectures. Key utilities include ld (the linker) for combining object files, as (the assembler) for generating machine code, and objdump for disassembling binaries. Developers use nm to inspect symbol tables and readelf to extract detailed header information. This suite remains essential for low-level system programming and toolchain development.

- Official technology site: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [AI + NSA tools = reverse-engineering fun!](https://poland.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_rJtv5m7joDU)

With the newest models we can add reverse engineering to our list of everyday skills. We recently created an open-source BinaryAudit AI benchmark - seeing if models can find a backdoor from binary only, when given access to Ghidra - a decompilation program by NSA. But it is not only work! We can: - Get infinite lives in a classical Atari game River Ride by changing binary code directly with Claude (not even Claude Code!). - Take the binary old game Chromatron from PowerPC to Apple Silicon (and WASM). - Create a Bluetooth interface for an LED backpack. - Decode a thermal camera image format (data encoded in JPGs).

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Poland x Codex - Meetup in Warsaw #7 (4th March, Wednesday) — 2026-03-04 — Poland
- Public talk page: https://poland.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_rJtv5m7joDU

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