Experts tried to get AI to create malicious security threats - but what it did next was a surprise even to them

Code Skull.

• Report finds LLM-generated malware still fails under basic testing in real-world environments
• GPT-3.5 produced malicious scripts instantly, exposing major safety inconsistencies
• Improved guardrails in GPT-5 changed outputs into safer non-malicious alternatives

Despite growing fear around weaponized LLMs, new experiments have revealed the potential for malicious output is far from dependable.