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Rael Hornby

WormGPT: ChatGPT’s evil twin should have us all deeply concerned

Corrupt ChatGPT logo above binary code, with WormGPT wriggling through it.

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, racking up over 100 million users since its launch late last year. OpenAI’s chatbot has put artificial intelligence on the map in a big way, sparking a number of follow-ups like Microsoft Bing Chat and Google Bard in its wake. However, there’s a new AI in town — WormGPT, and it’s not here to make your life any easier.

WormGPT isn’t an AI chatbot developed to amusingly offer the invertebrate AI assistance of a wriggly invertebrate ala the feline-focused CatGPT. Instead, it’s a far more malicious tool designed without ethical boundaries for the sole purpose of bolstering productivity, raising effectiveness, and lowering the bar for entry of your common garden variety cybercriminal. 

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