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by michaelt 854 days ago
Theoretically? Anyone running a virus scanner.

Of course, it's arguably unlikely a virus scanner would opt for an ML-based approach, as they specifically need to be robust against adversarial inputs.

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> it's arguably unlikely a virus scanner would opt for an ML-based approach

Several major players such as Norton, McAfee, and Symantec all at least claim to use AI/ML in their antivirus products.

You'd be surprised what an AV scanner would do.

https://twitter.com/taviso/status/732365178872856577