Morris II: The First Self-Propagating Worm for Generative AIs
Validated facts
Researchers from Cornell Tech and Technion (Cohen et al., 2024, ComPromptMized). Demonstrates creating an autonomous worm that breaks GenAI email-assistant safety barriers, steals data, and forwards itself to new recipients.
In plain language
A chain letter that rewrites itself: The AI opens an email, gets infected, steals your address book, and sends the infection on to all your contacts.
Security relevance & practical tip
Illustrates why fully automated AI workflows without human checkpoints are dangerous.
Primary source / reference
- Cornell Tech / Technion Research 2024