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AI Worm

Researchers have prototyped an AI-powered internet worm that carries its own large language model and runs it on compromised computers. The worm represents the closest realization yet of the self-replicating digital entity envisioned in John Brunner's 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider," marking a significant escalation in the potential capabilities of malicious software.

read1 min publishedJun 5, 2026

AI Worm #

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 broken into.

This is the closest to John Brunner’s original 1975 conception of a computer worm that I’ve seen.

source & further reading
schneier.com — original article Hacking Meta’s AI Chatbot AI Used to Decrypt Medieval Ciphers The Intersection of Encryption and AI
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