▲ 19 ▼ AI Worming through Word (enklypesalt.com) submitted 19 hours ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 18 hours ago (1 child) wait, is this real? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cschreib@programming.dev 9 points 15 hours ago It would seem so: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/word-worm-crawls-into-copilot-spreads-chaos/5280588 It makes sense: with LLMs and agents based on them, even plain text becomes effectively executable, so any document can carry malicious instructions. It's worse with complex document formats like DOCX, ODT, or PDF, since text can be hidden from the human eye and escape detection by review. Very risky tech... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cschreib@programming.dev 9 points 15 hours ago It would seem so: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/word-worm-crawls-into-copilot-spreads-chaos/5280588 It makes sense: with LLMs and agents based on them, even plain text becomes effectively executable, so any document can carry malicious instructions. It's worse with complex document formats like DOCX, ODT, or PDF, since text can be hidden from the human eye and escape detection by review. Very risky tech... permalink fedilink source parent