AI Worm

· Bruce Schneier · June 5, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
AI malware science-fiction AI Cybersecurity Internet Worms Machine Learning
Summary
Researchers have created a prototype of an AI-powered internet worm capable of running its own large language model (LLM) on infiltrated computers, mirroring the concept of computer worms as envisioned by John Brunner in 1975.
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