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  The cybersecurity world is facing a new turning point with the discovery of   PromptLock , a proof-of-concept ransomware believed to be the first known malware powered by artificial intelligence. Unlike traditional ransomware strains, which rely on predefined scripts and behaviors, PromptLock uses an AI model to generate malicious code in real-time, making it unpredictable, adaptive, and harder to detect. What Is PromptLock? PromptLock is a newly discovered ransomware prototype developed by security researchers to demonstrate how cybercriminals could misuse artificial intelligence. It is written in the Go programming language and integrates an open-source large language model locally on the infected device. Instead of simply executing static commands, PromptLock uses embedded prompts to generate malicious scripts on the fly. These scripts allow the ransomware to scan files, steal data, and encrypt systems dynamically. Because the code is produced by the AI model in real time...