Kawasaki man arrested over malware made using generative AI

Tokyo police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly creating malware using generative artificial intelligence tools available for free online. Ryuki Hayashi from Kawasaki was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of the unauthorized creation of electronic records. According to the police, there have been very few cases in which police took law-enforcement action over the creation of malware using generative AI technology. Hayashi, who has admitted to the allegations, was quoted as saying that he wanted to "earn easy money" and that he thought he "could do anything" if he used AI. Hayashi is suspected of creating the malware in March last year by combining designs of illegal malware programs obtained through the use of interactive generative AI tools.