So, if you ask generative "AI" to give you a password it will give you a crummy easily guessed password because of course it will. Why would it be random. People doing this are fools for using generative "AI" to generate a password. And they're probably fools for using it for other things too.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/generating_passwords_with_llms/
Jonathan
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