Lima Project Updates: Expanding the Focus To Hardening AI - Akihiro Suda, NTT & Anshuman Sahoo

This talk features Akihiro Suda from NTT and Anshuman Sahoo from BITS Pilani as they provide updates on the Lima Project, a command line tool designed to launch local Linux virtual machines primarily for running containers. The speakers discuss Lima's adaptability for running AI coding agents in a secure environment, where the risks of malicious internet instructions are contained within the virtual machine. They highlight the project's recent promotion to CNCF Incubating status, new features introduced in version 2.0, and upcoming enhancements such as plugin infrastructure, GPU acceleration, and more updates planned for version 2.1 and beyond.