Open-source AI models vulnerable to criminal misuse, researchers warn

Open-source AI models vulnerable to criminal misuse, researchers warn

Hackers and other criminals can easily commandeer computers operating open-source large language models outside the guardrails and constraints of the major artificial-intelligence platforms, creating security risks and vulnerabilities, researchers said on Thursday, January 29. Hackers could target the computers running the LLMs and direct them to carry out spam operations, phishing content creation, or disinformation campaigns, evading platform …

AI creates asymmetric pressure on Open Source

AI makes it cheaper to contribute to Open Source, but it's not making life easier for maintainers. More contributions are flowing in, but the burden of evaluating them still falls on the same small group of people. That asymmetric pressure risks breaking maintainers. The curl story Daniel Stenberg, who maintains curl, just ended the curl project's bug bounty program. The program had worked well for years. But in 2025, fewer than one in twenty su…