Researchers develop malicious AI ‘worm’ targeting generative AI systems

Researchers have created a new, never-seen-before kind of malware they call the “Morris II” worm, which uses popular AI services to spread itself, infect new systems and steal data. The name references the original Morris computer worm that wreaked havoc on the internet in 1988.

The worm demonstrates the potential dangers of AI security threats and creates a new urgency around securing AI models.

New worm utilizes adversarial self-replicating prompt

The researchers from Cornell Tech, the Israel Institute of …

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