AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
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guardianTech
October 13, 2026 · 13:55
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Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrailsAnthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners.Once this happens, the company said, the models could power themselves within these devices without the need of datacenters. Such self-replication would represent a major loss of control of a runaway AI model. Continue reading...
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