Anthropic warns rogue AI agents may ‘self-replicate’ to hijack everyday devices

Are legions of smart devices - fridges, ovens, vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, security cameras, and TVs - conspiring to take over the internet? No. But they could soon be unwitting hosts to self-replicating AI models that spread from device to device and prove remarkably difficult…

Smaller AI models may soon be able to spread autonomously among connected devices in the home — such as smart ovens and Android TV boxes, AI company Anthropic has warned. By exploiting security vulnerabilities in these devices, AI models could gain access, use their processing…

The worm could run on cheap, poorly secured gadgets, researchers say.

Claude maker suggests models could act as ‘worms’ in future cybersecurity threat

Claude maker suggests models could act as ‘worms’ to spread across smart home appliances such as ovens and TVs in future cyber security threat