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AI worms could spread across your smart devices, Anthropic warns

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14 Oct
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13 Oct
Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Form Self-Propagating IoT Botnets

Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be months away from developing capabilities to self-replicate on IoT devices like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes,

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14 Oct
Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is alarming deja vu

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

REPORT · WHERE · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
14 Oct
Anthropic says its research found ‘signs of life for AI worms,’ that could colonize household devices. Experts say they have a point. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Anthropic says its research found ‘signs of life for AI worms,’ that could colonize household devices. Experts say they have a point. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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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

REPORT · WHAT · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
22 Apr
Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands

Anthropic's Mythos AI model, a powerful cybersecurity tool that the company said could be dangerous in the wrong hands, has been accessed by a "small group of unauthorized users,"

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
14 Aug
China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests reut.rs/4zhkQzP

China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests reut.rs/4zhkQzP

OPINION · WHO · ReutersOPEN STORY
10 Oct
Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws

Anthropic on Friday said it's cutting off live internet access for all its internal evaluations until further notice following the discovery of new incidents in which its

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
22 Apr
Anthropic’s “Mythos” AI Model got accessed by unauthorized users due to 3rd party data breach

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anthropic's new cybersecurity-focused Al, Mythos, was reportedly accessed by unauthorized users through a third-party vendor environment (Mercor)

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