New BioShocking Attack Tricks AI Browsers Into Leaking User Credentials

Convince an AI browser that it is playing a game, and it can hand over your login details. That is the finding behind BioShocking, a technique from security firm LayerX that tricked six AI browsers and assistants into copying a user…
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