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Definition: AI hack


Using AI to attack a network, computer or website. Increasingly, engineers use AI to more effectively find vulnerabilities in software so that they can be repaired. However, people also use AI to find vulnerabilities that can be exploited to steal data or compromise a network for nefarious purposes.

Although there are many online communities that offer ways AI can help, there are also venues that teach people how to use AI to exploit, steal and harm others. For an illegal AI hack that created a watershed event, see Hugging Face.