Understanding AI Package Hallucination: The latest dependency security threat

Understanding AI Package Hallucination: The latest dependency security threat

In this video, we explore AI package Hallucination. This threat is a result of AI generation tools hallucinating open-source packages or libraries that don't exist.

In this video, we explore why this happens and show a demo of ChatGPT creating multiple packages that don't exist. We also explain why this is a prominent threat and how malicious hackers could harness this new vulnerability for evil. It is the next evolution of Typo Squatting.

Introduction: 0:00
What is AI package Hallucination: 0:12
Sacrifice to the YouTube Gods: 0:33
How AI models find relationships: 0:45
Lawyer uses hallucinated legal cases: 1:18
How we use open-source packages: 1:39
How ChatGPT promotes packages: 2:17
Example of AI Package Hallucination: 2:51
Why is package hallucination a security risk: 3:46
How many packages are hallucinated? 5:37
Protection measures against AI Package Hallucination: 6:18