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  "id": 6271923,
  "title": "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)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/researchers-say-they-used-ai-to-build-a-zero-click-worm-that-can-hack",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-08T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/calif-ai-worm-wechat-hack.html?unlocked_article_code=1._lA.Krp-.CpJAS216xN4U"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "I used ChatGPT and Claude side-by-side for a month on Android; one is clearly better",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/i-used-chatgpt-and-claude-side-by-side-for-a-month-on-android-one-is",
        "published": "2026-09-08T12:30:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}