AI worms, or "viruses with wings and brains," adapt to new environments, seek out vulnerabilities, and will likely strike within a year, researchers say.

Worms with access to AI chatbots can adapt and gather information and then use that against further targets – without the need for human intervention

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This prototype could help the world prepare for AI malware threats, according to the researchers who made it

A team of researchers have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost.

University of Toronto researchers built a worm powered by open-weight AI that adapts to its targets. Experts say it changes the math on cybersecurity defense

Researchers have prototyped an AI-powered internet worm. The coolest thing about the prototype is that it carries its own LLM with it, and runs it on computers that have been…

AI worms, or "viruses with wings and brains," adapt to new environments, seek out vulnerabilities, and will likely strike within a year, researchers say.