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Researchers say they used AI to build a zero-click worm that can hack WeChat accounts and spread across iOS and Android; Tencent says it fixed the vulnerability (Dustin Volz/New York Times)

The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.

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