I stopped reading at "The competition itself was a beginner-friendly offensive security CTF..."
Beating a bunch of inexperienced people does not impress me, and is poor sportsmanship as well.
The competition was about solving the challenge, and was aimed at novices like me, so your point is moot and out of place. Even organizers said out loud they encouraged AI tools and checked on each team (me included) often.
Using the word introducing is so disingenuous to me considering how long that was a capability.
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