Scientists at NYU developed a ransomware prototype that uses LLMs to autonomously to plan, adapt, and execute ransomware attacks. ESET researchers, not knowing about the NYU project, apparently detected the ransomware, saying it appeared to be a proof-of-concept and a harbinger of what's to come.

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Jeffrey Burt

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