"AI worms" may soon be able to self-replicate and infect smart devices, Anthropic says

Anthropic is sounding the alarm about a new risk posed by artificial intelligence: Self-replicating "AI worms" could soon infest your "smart" home devices.In a report released on Monday, Anthropic safety researchers said small AI models may be only "months away" from gaining the ability to clone themselves and spread across internet-connected devices, such as smart ovens, TVs and vacuum cleaners. The ability to reproduce themselves without human control would make it hard to control such agents because there's "no centralized point to shut off," said Anthropic, which developed the Claude chatbot.Stronger AI models are already capable of what the researchers…

Also reported by Washington Examiner, Techzine Global.

First reported by CBS News. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.