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Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worm threat that doesn't need data centers to self-improve and spread (www.anthropic.com)
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[-] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 3 days ago

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

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 15 points 3 days ago

The colloquial "weeks" and "months", which has been translating to "never" when the techbros say it.

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