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Mastodon user suggests decompile-and-distribute attack on AI models

A Mastodon user proposed a method to potentially disrupt AI companies by decompiling their models, injecting code, and then prompting the model to generate its own codebase for public release. The user suggested this could create legal complications for the AI companies if they attempted to sue for copyright infringement. AI

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Mastodon user suggests decompile-and-distribute attack on AI models

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · JHein ·

    ...wait I know it's the weapon of the enemy, but there is a path to messing with the AI companies in a new and ironic way. Someone could decompile claude, injec

    ...wait I know it's the weapon of the enemy, but there is a path to messing with the AI companies in a new and ironic way. Someone could decompile claude, inject that code into claud, and then ask it to generate a nearly identical copy of its codebase for public distribution. I c…