WormGPT: AI Tool Developed for Cybercrime Actors

Cybersecurity experts have raised concerns against the rapidly emerging malicious AI tool: WormGPT. The AI tool is specifically developed for cybercrime actors, to assist them in their operations and create sophisticated attacks on an unprecedented scale.

While AI has made significant strides in various areas, it is increasingly apparent that technology might be abused in the world of cybercrime. WormGPT has built-in safeguards to prevent its nefarious usage, in contrast to its helpful counterparts like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, raising concerns about the potential destruction it could cause in the digital environment.

What is WormGPT

WormGPT, developed by anonymous creators is an AI chatbot, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, the one aspect that differentiates it from other chatbots is: that it lacks the protective measures that prevent its exploitation. The conspicuous lack of safeguards has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts and researchers. Due to the diligence of Daniel Kelley, a former hacker and prominent cybersecurity business Slash Next, this malicious AI tool has been brought to the notice of the cybersecurity community. In the murky recesses of cybercrime sites, they found adverts for WormGPT, which revealed a lurking danger.

How Does WormGPT Function? 

Apparently, hackers gain access to WormGPT via the dark web, further acquiring access to a web interface where they can enter commands and gain responses almost resembling t

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