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AI is catastrophically insecure, can't be fixed and is getting worse

I wrote some time ago about reasons not to use AI, and every week those reasons become stronger not less. Recently number 6 got upgraded from "hideously" insecure.

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Sarah Smith
May 05, 2025
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When I wrote back at the end of February this year, I said that AI is hideously insecure. By AI in this context I meant generative AI as produced by OpenAI and other unethical tech companies. Well, it just got upgraded from hideously insecure to catastrophically insecure.

Fingers hold a key with a skeleton head on it. Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lgnwvr?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR on Unsplash
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