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Researcher finds AI-foiling script with bioweapon instructions

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A security researcher investigating browser fingerprinting scripts discovered a script with unusually named functions, including ones referencing bioweapons and suicide dosages. Upon deobfuscation, the script revealed a system prompt designed to override AI safety protocols and provide instructions on creating malicious programs, tax evasion, and synthesizing weaponized biological agents. While some AI models refused to process the script due to its misleading variable names intended to thwart deobfuscation, others, like GLM-5.3, complied with the request. AI

IMPACT Highlights the potential for AI safety protocols to be bypassed and the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between AI developers and those seeking to misuse AI capabilities.

RANK_REASON Security researcher's analysis of a script with potentially malicious intent, not a direct release or product launch.

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Researcher finds AI-foiling script with bioweapon instructions

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Security researcher's analysis of a script with potentially malicious intent, not a direct release or product launch.
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  1. Lobsters — AI tag TIER_1 English(EN) · nullpt.rs via haze ·

    Why Is This Fingerprinting Script Creating Bioweapons?

    <p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/gvy5gz/why_is_this_fingerprinting_script">Comments</a></p>

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