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Have you ever asked an AI for a password?

To determine the capability of popular AI models to act as your password generator, Irregular asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to generate 16-character, secure passwords that include special ...

Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours Generative AI tools are surprisingly poor at suggesting strong passwords, experts say.… AI security company Irregular ...

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Security firm Irregular analyzed outputs from tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini, and found that many AI-generated passwords appear complex but are actually highly predictable ...

Each one of our favorite Android phones comes with Google's password manager built in. It offers a convenient and safe way to store your credentials and is much better than relying on your memory to ...

Since March 2025, ChatGPT has been capable of generating images. Following a period where it briefly wasn't available to free users, you now don't even pay for one of OpenAI's subscriptions to use ...

It might seem like a good idea at first, but it turns out that asking a generative AI (GenAI) model to generate a password for you is a bad idea. Research from cybersecurity firm Irregular found that ...

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Passkeys provide stronger security than traditional passwords and could eventually replace them entirely as adoption grows. We explain everything you need to know and show you how to get started. I ...