{"id":501,"date":"2026-06-01T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourtechupdates.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2026-06-01T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:05:00","slug":"dont-trust-ai-with-these-security-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t trust AI with this security essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe class=\"fitvidsignore\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1184002784?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"USJun26 - Tech update video 1 ready to use\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let me start with a question: If you needed a strong password, would you ask AI to generate one for you?<\/p>\n<p>It sounds reasonable enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can write reports, draft emails and even create bits of code. Asking them for a 16-character password packed with symbols and numbers feels like a smart shortcut.<\/p>\n<p>But you might want to rethink that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Researchers recently tested AI tools by asking them to generate secure passwords.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, the results looked great. Long strings of mixed-case letters, numbers and symbols.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When checked using online password strength meters, they scored highly. Some tools even suggested it would take centuries to crack them.<\/p>\n<p>But when those passwords were analyzed properly, a different picture emerged.<\/p>\n<p>AI systems are powered by something called a large language model, or LLM. That means they\u2019re trained to predict what text should come next. They\u2019re brilliant at producing text that looks natural and plausible.<\/p>\n<p>What they are not designed to do is create true randomness.<\/p>\n<p>And strong passwords rely on randomness.<\/p>\n<p>When researchers examined dozens of AI-generated passwords, they found repeating patterns. Some passwords were duplicates. Many followed very similar structures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, none of them contained repeating characters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That might sound like a good thing, but real randomness often includes repetition. The absence of it suggests the password is following learned rules rather than being generated unpredictably.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers measured something called \u201centropy\u201d, which is a technical way of describing how unpredictable something is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AI-generated passwords scored far lower than a genuinely random 16-character password should.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That means they could be much easier to crack using a brute-force attack, where attackers try huge numbers of combinations very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Online password checkers don\u2019t catch this because they only look at visible complexity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They see symbols and numbers and assume it\u2019s secure. They don\u2019t account for the hidden patterns created by AI.<\/p>\n<p>Even newer models like Gemini 3 Pro have issued warnings when asked to generate passwords, advising people not to rely on chat-generated credentials for sensitive accounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That should tell you something.<\/p>\n<p>If you want properly secure passwords, use a password manager with a built-in generator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These use cryptographic randomness, in other words, mathematical processes specifically designed to create unpredictable results.<\/p>\n<p>AI is an excellent productivity tool. But when it comes to security essentials like passwords, it\u2019s the wrong tool for the job.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like help choosing the right password manager for your business, get in touch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are the passwords protecting your business as strong as you think they are?<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a growing shortcut that looks clever on the surface, and feels efficient, but could weaken your security without you realizing.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re using AI in your business, this is something you need to understand\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyetechnologysolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}