The online crypto community has discovered a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that can either be used to warn developers of smart contracts vulnerabilities or teach hackers how to exploit them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ChatGPT, a chatbot tool built by AI research company OpenAI, was released<\/a> on Nov. 30 and was designed to interact \u201cin a conversational way\u201d with the ability to answer follow-up questions and even admit mistakes, according to the company.<\/p>\n However, some Twitter users have come to realize that the bot could potentially be used for both good and evil, as it can be prompted to reveal loopholes in smart contracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stephen Tong, co-founder of smart contract auditing firm Zellic asked ChatGPT to help find an exploit, presenting a piece of smart contract code.<\/p>\n OMG WTF pic.twitter.com\/I2hE0e5ppq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 cts (@gf_256) December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The bot responded by noting the contract had a reentrancy vulnerability where an exploiter could repeatedly withdraw the funds from the contract and provided an example of how to fix the issue. <\/p>\n This similar type of exploit was used in May by the attacker of the Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Fei Protocol who made off with $80 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n Others have shared results from the chatbot after prompting it with vulnerable smart contracts. Twitter user devtooligan shared a screenshot of ChatGPT, which provided the exact code needed to fix a Solidity smart contract<\/a> vulnerability commenting \u201cwe’re all gonna be out of a job.\u201d<\/p>\n omg. seriously mind-blown <\/p>\n we’re all gonna be out of a job pic.twitter.com\/iwjjOTPDLY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 devtooligan (@devtooligan) December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n With the tool, Twitter users have already begun to jest they\u2019re able to now start businesses for security auditing<\/a> simply by using the bot to test for weaknesses in smart contracts.<\/p>\n Excited to announce I’m raising for my new smart contract security consulting company. \u2014 eddie (⬅️,) (@0x_eddie) December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Cointelegraph tested ChatGPT and found it can also create an example smart contract from a prompt using simple language, generating code that could apparently provide staking rewards<\/a> for Ethereum-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs).<\/p>\n Despite the chatbot’s ability to test smart contract functionality, it wasn\u2019t solely designed for that purpose and many on Twitter have suggested<\/a> some of the smart contracts it generates have issues.<\/p>\n The tool also might provide different responses depending on the way it\u2019s prompted, so it isn’t perfect.<\/p>\n Related: <\/em><\/strong>Secret Network resolves network vulnerability following white hat disclosure<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n
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It’s gonna be me just be throwing ChatGPT to fuzz your code. https:\/\/t.co\/gSFyABd9M6<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-12\/5a4e67ed-9a5d-4758-affb-4e229a85218c.png\")