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"Morris II": researchers build a self-replicating worm that spreads through GenAI email assistants

The first AI worm proof of concept: a prompt that copies itself into replies and retrieval stores so that every assistant that reads it spreads it further while exfiltrating data.

Severity: Mediummorris iiai wormself-replicating prompt

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