WeWorm creators mixed open and closed frontier models, a signal of offensive AI use
benjamin_warner · x · 2026-09-12
The WeWorm creators used a combination of closed and open frontier models, which the author sees as a leading indicator that open models will increasingly be used for offensive purposes — alongside their growing defensive use, e.g. on Hugging Face.
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