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If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer

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If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer
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Despite certain improvements in accuracy, large language models still hallucinate a lot. So much so, in fact, that cybersecurity researchers warn that criminals can easily weaponize delusional AI outputs to spread malware throughout the internet.



According to SecurityWeek, the attack works by exploiting a persistent flaw in AI coding assistants. Basically, when these tools recommend third-party software packages, there’s a strong possibility that they include names of ones that don&#821

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