Malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI), claiming to provide API access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude AI models, were discovered by Kaspersky researchers to contain the JarkaStealer infostealer malware, the cybersecurity company said in a blog post Thursday. The packages, named “gptplus” and “claudeai-eng,” were both uploaded by a user called … Read more
Nov 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonated popular artificial intelligence (AI) models like OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude to deliver an information stealer called JarkaStealer. The packages, named gptplus and claudeai-eng, were uploaded by a user named “Xeroline” … Read more
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to AI development. The company differentiates itself from competitors like OpenAI by adopting what it calls responsible development practices and self-imposed ethical constraints on its models, such as its “Constitutional AI” … Read more
