They didn't even need the AI to make thousands of hot bricks nationwide. Here's just one of the latest hits...

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/743...

"Cisco Access Points That Are Running, Or Have Run, Releases 17.12.4, 17.12.5, 17.12.6, or 17.12.6a May Exhaust Flash Space, Preventing Upgrades"

Recovery path basically involves either factory resetting every single AP or up to, if it's already bricked, Cisco TAC + you having to console into every single bricked AP you have to pass a secret challenge/response at the bootloader to flash a recovery image :)