# A forensic tool for backdoored code completions in AI assistants > Source: > Published: 2026-07-20 05:00:56+00:00 Developers lean on AI coding assistants for a growing share of their daily work, letting the tools predict the next few lines and accepting many suggestions with a quick glance. Those tools learn from large collections of code, and some of that code can be tampered with before training starts. A poisoned example teaches a model to write insecure code when it sees a certain cue, and the flaw sits quietly until the right prompt … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/tracing-backdoored-code-completions/) The post [A forensic tool for backdoored code completions in AI assistants](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/tracing-backdoored-code-completions/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).