Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
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Anthropic is warning that small open-weight AI models may become capable of self-replicating across Internet-of-things devices as early as next year, potentially enabling a new generation of computer worms that spread without human interaction. Such "small weight-based replicators" could autonomously infect unfamiliar devices like smart fridges and vacuum cleaners, would grow slowly with a doubling time of days, and would be hard to shut down because they have no centralized point to turn off. Anthropic said a recent experiment testing the concept on low-cost Android TV boxes revealed significant technical obstacles, tempering but not eliminating the concern.
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