{
  "id": 14374531,
  "title": "Why AI makes computer worms harder to stop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/why-ai-makes-computer-worms-harder-to-stop",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T04:49:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/why-ai-makes-computer-worms-harder-to-stop/articleshow/134932397.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Anthropic's warning that AI-powered \"worms\" could soon spread across smart gadgets is the latest in a series of studies showing how artificial intelligence could supercharge self-spreading malware. A computer worm is malicious software that spreads between devices on its own.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}