The episode discusses the Morris II worm, a new type of malware targeting generative AI (GenAI) systems like ChatGPT and Gemini. The worm spreads using deceptive prompts to self-replicate, targeting vulnerabilities in the language generation and information extraction technologies used in GenAI models. This malware raises concerns about the security of GenAI systems, emphasizing the importance of careful design and adequate mitigation strategies to protect these systems from attacks like Morris II.