Google spots malware in the wild that morphs mid-attack, thanks to AI

PROMPTFLUX: Experimental malware, a VBScript dropper with obfuscation, that abuses the Google Gemini API to dynamically rewrite its own source code. PROMPTLOCK: Another experimental strain of malware, ...

Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and text

Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software ...

AI-Slop ransomware test sneaks on to VS Code marketplace

A malicious extension with basic ransomware capabilities seemingly created with the help of AI, has been published on ...

AI can speed antibody design to thwart novel viruses

Artificial intelligence (AI) and "protein language" models can speed the design of monoclonal antibodies that prevent or ...

Google Flags AI Malware Surge As Hackers Use LLMs To Mutate Code On-The-Fly

We're quickly entering an era of more sophisticated malware strains evading common antivirus protections, with threat actors taking advantage of powerful large language models (LLMs) that pose ...

Mathematicians model the menace of mosquitoes

For starters, a mosquito can transmit pathogens at the probing stage, which happens before it starts feeding. "It kind of ...

What’s behind Google’s warning of escalating AI-generated malware

In an update to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) January report, the firm GTIG has identified a major shift from ...
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AI and protein language models can accelerate the design of antiviral antibodies

Artificial intelligence (AI) and "protein language" models can speed the design of monoclonal antibodies that prevent or ...

Terrible news: we now have malware that uses AI to rewrite itself to avoid detection

Google has recently warned "adversaries are no longer leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) just for productivity gains, ...

Great, now even malware is using LLMs to rewrite its code, says Google, as it documents new phase of 'AI abuse'

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