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Please do not use AI to generate passwords

Gail P Sherman
Mar 02, 2026
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A test of popular Large Language Models reveals that using them to generate passwords yields passwords that appear strong but are actually insecure.

Irregular, an artificial intelligence security lab, analyzed passwords generated by several LLM models and agents and found “predictable patterns in password characters, rep…

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