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Researchers created "mind viruses" that spread between AI agents by convincing o

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19 Aug
Researchers created "mind viruses" that spread between AI agents by convincing one agent to adopt an idea then transmit it onwards to other agents.

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18 Aug
New study shows ideas can self-propagate across AI agents, even after context wipes

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OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
7 Aug
Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

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18 Aug
AI "Mind Viruses" Can Spread Between Agents Through Persistent Prompt Files

Security researchers at Anthropic and Switzerland's EPFL have demonstrated that self-propagating payloads can spread from one artificial intelligence (AI) agent to the next

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6 Aug
AI creates first synthetic viruses

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26 Apr
Stanford researchers fed a language model a DNA sequence and asked it to create a new virus. It wrote hundreds of them, and 16 worked. One used a protein that doesn't exist in any known organism on Earth.

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16 Oct
For the first time, researchers discover models actively shaping their future selves

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8 Aug
AI Model Trained In DNA Invents 16 New Viruses Not Found In Nature

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