Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worm threat that doesn't need data centers to self-improve and spread

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/tech@piefed.world/p/2025703/anthropic-warns-of-self-replicating-ai-worm-threat-that-doesn-t-need-data-centers-to-se

www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai

Our experiments suggest that small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes.

“Iran weeks away from nuclear weapons” ahh bullshit